The United States reiterated that violence is “unacceptable” on the occasion of the year of the parliamentary elections that Iraq witnessed on the tenth of last October (2021), expressing support for an extensive and thorough discourse to develop a shared path to go forward.
On the anniversary of the early Iraqi elections, Nid Price, the official spokesperson for the US State Department, emphasised in a statement that his nation “calls on all parties to follow a peaceful and comprehensive way to get out of the current political impasse.
” The Foreign Ministry spokesman, in the statement, published by the American embassy in Baghdad, stressed his country’s commitment to partnership with Iraq to enhance economic growth and ensure the permanent defeat of ISIS.
Yesterday, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, the prime minister of Iraq, reiterated his appeal for all political groups to engage in conversation in order to end the nation’s dilemma.
In a statement published by his media office, today, Monday, he stressed the need to resort to the logic of calm, constructive and constructive dialogue to solve the crisis and push with comprehensive national solutions that support the pillars of stability.
Despite the United Nations mission’s warning that Iraq is no longer a “much time,” recent developments provide evidence of this, especially given the long-term crisis’s warnings of increased instability.
These appeals come at a time when the nation has been dealing with the effects of a political crisis involving the Muqtada al-Sadr-led Sadrist movement and the “coordination framework” (which includes the Nuri Mali-led State of Law Coalition, the Al-Fateh Alliance, and other Iranian-aligned factions), which has so far prevented the election of a new president or the formation of a government.
And Iraq has had utter political paralysis since the early parliamentary elections on October 10, 2021, which has been worse since July 2022 with the two sides of the most significant conflict taking to the streets and their sit-in in central Baghdad (Al -Sadr and the framework).
The conflict intensified with the advent of the Sadrist movement, which sought to dissolve the House of Representatives and call for early elections to the legislature in order to move the nation toward reforms. This movement’s opponents, however, rejected this movement and insisted on forming a government with their candidate before any new elections.
While the disagreement in late August escalated into bloody battles between the two sides in central Baghdad, killing 30, it also substantially raised the prospect of an escalation.
Washington: We back an extensive and thorough conversation in Iraq.
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