Baghdad-INA
The Special Presidential Envoy Tom Barrack conveyed President Trump looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Al-Zaidi to the White House mid-July to discuss the future of this important relationship.
The Media Office of the Prime Minister in a statement, received by The Iraqi News Agency-INA that “Prime Minister Al-Zaidi and Special Presidential Envoy Barrack reiterated the shared commitment of the United States Government, under President Trump’s leadership, and the Government of Iraq, under Prime Minister Al-Zaidi, to a strong and mutually beneficial U.S.-Iraq partnership, able to fulfill Iraqi aspirations for a sovereign, secure, and prosperous future and to deliver tangible benefits for Americans and Iraqis alike. Special Presidential Envoy Barrack conveyed President Trump looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Al-Zaidi to the White House mid-July to discuss the future of this important relationship’.
The statement added,"The leaders discussed the shared aspirational vision for the Iraqi government to build a brighter future free from terrorism, to implement Iraqi plans for ensuring the complete disarmament and disbandment of all armed groups and formations operating outside the authority and control of the Iraqi state, to ensure the confinement of their weapons within the authority of the Iraqi state, and to assert full sovereignty in order to keep Iraq away from conflict and ensure that Iraqi territory cannot be used by any side to threaten regional peace. Prime Minister Al-Zaidi and Special Presidential Envoy Barrack underscored the urgency in full completion of these efforts".
The statatement further elaborated,"The Prime Minister reaffirmed Iraq’s commitment to deepening trade and investment relations between the two countries, and Special Presidential Envoy Barrack welcomed this shared approach. They commended the Iraqi decision to finalize the operating license for Starlink to offer world-class internet services for Iraqi consumers; to launch negotiations with Chevron to develop the West Qurna-2 and Nasiriyah oil fields for the benefit of both sides; to enable U.S. companies HKN, Western Zagros, and Hunt to resume operations with full security guarantees; and to advance a memorandum of understanding with TI Capital to rehabilitate the Kirkuk-Baniyas Pipeline as a vital oil export route".
The Prime Minister and Special Presidential Envoy also reaffirmed the shared commitment to increase U.S.-Iraq commercial cooperation to support Iraq’s electricity needs, including through Excelerate Energy’s project to develop an integrated LNG import terminal at Khor Zubair.
The two sides also emphasized the importance of supporting a strong, sovereign, and united federal democratic Iraq, grounded in robust constitutional institutions, and ensuring full equality for all citizens, in a manner that strengthens Iraq’s unity, stability, and prosperity.