Iraq’s Deputy Speaker: External agendas endanger world peace

Shafaq News– Baghdad

Iraq’s First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Adnan Fayhan Al-Dulaimi, warned on Wednesday that attempts to impose external will and bypass international agreements pose a direct threat to global peace and stability.

During a meeting with Iraqi ambassadors and senior officials at the Foreign Ministry, Al-Dulaimi stressed that Iraq needs a “diplomacy of national identity” to confront current challenges. “The region is passing through a critical phase,” he added, cautioning that “violations of international law could push the world toward serious consequences.”

His remarks come as leaders of the Shiite Coordination Framework, Iraq’s largest parliamentary bloc, reaffirmed their support for State of Law Coalition head Nouri Al-Maliki as a candidate for the next prime minister, according to a Shafaq News source within the bloc. The source added that the Framework’s leaders considered recent remarks by US President Donald Trump regarding Al-Maliki’s candidacy to be a “violation of Iraqi sovereignty.”

Trump had stated that Iraq would be making a “very bad choice” if it reinstated former prime minister Al-Maliki, warning that Washington would end its support if he returns to power.