What’s Behind Pence’s Iraq Trip?

Islam Times - The US Vice-president Mike Pence visited Iraq on Saturday on a surprise visit. He immediately visited an American base in Al-Anbar province instead of visiting the capital Baghdad. He then went to the Kurdish region where he visited the autonomous region’s leaders in the capital Erbil. In a largely meaningful move, he only talked by phone with the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, signaling that the bilateral relations are struck by chill. Although the office of the PM issued a statement in which it suggested that the phone call between the two sides focused on improving the bilateral relations and seeking new cooperation ways, Pence’s decline to meet the Iraqi politicians gives the idea that the main goal of the trip is not improving the ties and cooperation with Baghdad.

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