Iraq will not allow any party to undermine its security
The Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations in New York, Abbas Kadhim Obaid. Photo: BNN Breaking
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq’s envoy to the United Nations announced on Tuesday his rejection of attacks that violate the country’s sovereignty, stressing that Iraq will not allow any party to undermine its security.
The Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations in New York, Abbas Kadhim Obaid, said in his speech before the Security Council that Iraq rejects attacks on its territory from any party, indicating that the attacks are a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty and pose a threat to its stability.
Two attacks occurred in Iraq in mid-January and early February. The first was an Iranian strike that targeted several areas in Erbil. The second was an American attack that targeted the Poplar Mobilization Forces (PMF) headquarters on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
The US attack came after the US accused armed Iraqi factions of bombing a US base in Jordan.
The Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert, said that all efforts should be directed against preventing Iraq from being involved in any manner in a larger conflict, not toward using force.
Tensions are high in the Middle East as Israel and Hamas engage in war, militants supported by Iran in Iraq launch attacks on US interests in the Middle East, Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon trade shelling with Israel’s army, and Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen attack international commercial vessels in the Red Sea, saying it is in solidarity with Gazans.