Iraqi armed groups denounce PM’s plan to visit Washington, meet TrumpThe Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) has issued a statement opposing plans by the Iraqi government to send a delegation to the US.
In a statement distributed by Sabereen News, the umbrella organisation comprised of Iran-backed armed groups condemned the delegation’s visit “at a time when the American-Zionist war machine continues to perpetrate savage massacres and shed the blood of thousands of believers and the innocent in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, and Palestine”.
It also called for “liberating the Iraqi economy from American hegemony” and said that the “presence of American forces on Iraqi soil constitutes an occupation”.
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is expected to visit Washington, DC, to meet Trump and sign several oil and gas agreements.
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