14 April 2020 - 01:03

US welcomes Iraqi blocs’ consensus over forming new government

<p style="text-align: left;">US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, April 13, that his country welcomes an apparent agreement among Iraq&rsquo;s Shi&rsquo;ite, Sunni and Kurdish groups to form a new government, adding it would need to be capable of confronting the coronavirus pandemic, helping the economy and bringing arms under control.

“We welcome that Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish political leaders seem to have arrived at a consensus on government formation, and hope the new government puts Iraq’s interests first and meets the needs of the Iraqi people,” Pompeo said in a statement.

Last week, Mustafa al-Kadhimi was formally charged with forming a new government by President Barham Salih after he was nominated by several prominent Shi’ite factions and backed by the Sunni and Kurdish blocs.

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