Baghdad announced the postponement of the date for announcing the end of the mission of the “International Coalition” led by the United States in Iraq, due to “recent developments.”

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a statement on its official Facebook page that clarified an “inaccurate” answer by the official spokesman for the US State Department, in response to a journalist’s question.

Regarding this, the ministry said: “There are no American forces in Iraq except for the military advisors present under the umbrella of the international coalition, and these are included in the outcomes of the work of the Supreme Military Committee, and both parties are committed to the established mechanisms and their outcomes.”

The ministry's statement added, "The work of the Supreme Military Committee focused during the past months on assessing the threat of the terrorist organization ISIS, with the aim of reaching a date for ending the military mission of Operation Inherent Resolve."

He pointed out that "the presence of international coalition advisors of all nationalities on Iraqi soil will be terminated, according to discussions that included the hierarchy of advisors' withdrawal from the sites, and all that remains is to agree on the details and date of the announcement and some other logistical aspects." 

The statement added: “We were very close to announcing this agreement, but due to recent developments, the announcement of the end of the international coalition’s military mission in Iraq was postponed.”

The ministry concluded its statement by saying that “the bilateral relationship with the United States included all fields, including the security relationship, and that this relationship existed before the presence of the coalition forces and will continue after it,” and added that “the Iraqi delegation discussed earlier the future of the security relationship in The areas of training, arming, equipping, and security cooperation, in light of what is permitted by the Iraqi constitution and the framework of the strategic agreement between Iraq and the United States.”