Iraqi parliamentarians and politicians denounced the interventions of the US ambassador in Baghdad, Elena Romansky, in the affairs of the Iraqi ministries and provinces, stressing that these moves are inconsistent with the sovereignty of Iraq and deviate from the known diplomatic norms in the world.
The representative of the Iraqi Conquest Alliance, Muhammad Karim, said in a statement to SANA reporter in Baghdad today: “The Washington ambassador in Baghdad is making suspicious moves through her visits to the Iraqi provinces, her meetings with officials and political figures, and her interference openly in the internal affairs of Iraq.”
Karim added, “The suspicious movements of the ambassador called on a number of deputies to collect signatures to hold a parliamentary session in the presence of the foreign minister, and it aims to summon the ambassador and end her mission in Baghdad, because of her movements that contradict diplomatic norms that defined the duties of ambassadors,” noting that the ambassador since her assumption The position makes moves as if it were a high commissioner and guardian of Iraqi affairs.
For his part, the representative of the State of Law coalition, Thaer al-Jubouri, stressed in a similar statement the need to reconsider the movements of some ambassadors inside Iraq.
Al-Jubouri said: “The violations committed by the American ambassador exceed the sovereignty of Iraq, pointing out that some ambassadors have worked to destroy Iraq during the past many years.”
In turn, a member of the State of Law Coalition, Haider al-Lami, warned of the US ambassador’s moves, pointing out that “she is working on deep and dangerous files.”
Political analyst Mufid al-Saadi also called for the enactment of a law that defines the movement of ambassadors in Iraq, stressing that the movements of some ambassadors in the past period were in order to inflame sectarian feelings and interfere in the internal political and administrative affairs of Iraq.
