Washington: There is no reduction in dollar shipments sent to Iraq

US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland confirmed on Wednesday that the United States welcomes the holding of Iraqi local elections, while denying any reduction in dollar shipments sent to Iraq.

Nuland said in an interview with a number of media outlets, that she “met today with Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, and during the meeting she expressed her thanks to the Iraqi government after the arrest of those involved in the bombing of the American embassy.”

She added, “Holding elections in Kirkuk is very important after a long interruption,” noting that “the security partnership between her country and Iraq continues in light of the provision of training and advisory services at the request of the government.”

She pointed out that “her country is doing focused work with the Central Bank of Iraq to raise the level of Iraqi banks, and there is no reduction in dollar shipments sent to Iraq.”

Almutalee.com