“We have very good relations with Iraq. We have basically already left Iraq. We have reduced the number to a few soldiers. As I said, we are getting out of these endless ridiculous wars, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying at a press conference.
In June, the State Department spoke about plans to further reduce the military contingent in Iraq.
In January, US Undersecretary of State for the Middle East, Joey Hood, said that the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq could lead to the withdrawal of the entire international coalition and renewed activity of the terrorist organization Islamic State *.
* "Islamic State" (IS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.