Iraq Says to Review Its Strategic Partnership with US
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Newly elected Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said that a strategic agreement between Baghdad and Washington on the basis of protecting the unity and sovereignty of Iraq will be reviewed.
Following his first Cabinet meeting, al-Kadhimi told reporters that the country has formed a crisis desk comprising foreign affairs experts to take a closer look at a strategic agreement between Iraq and the US, Anadolu News Agency reported.
Iraq and the US signed the Strategic Framework Agreement in 2008 based on a relationship of friendship and cooperation between the two nations.
The Iraqi parliament gave a vote of confidence Thursday to al-Kadhimi and his partial Cabinet to succeed the resigned government of Adel Abdul-Mahdi.
Al-Kadhimi managed to form a new government after two former prime ministers-designate, Mohammad Allawi and Adnan Al-Zurfi, failed to garner support.
