This is why Russia's war on Ukraine is causing division in Iraq

BAGHDAD

- The Russian war on Ukraine, which began 11 days ago, had global repercussions that reached Iraq, and generated internal divisions at the political and popular levels. Some Iraqis went to express their support for placing a huge banner bearing the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, bearing the signature of the president's friends.

This position is completely different from the official position, which was summarized by following up on the conditions of the Iraqi community in Ukraine and their movement to neighboring countries to escape the war or their return to the country, without making any official position in support or opposition to the war.

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimated the number of the Iraqi community in Ukraine at more than 5,500, most of whom are university students.

The Iraqi embassy in the Ukrainian capital (Kyiv) has also allocated a number for Iraqis in Ukraine to communicate in emergency cases.

In recent days, the Iraqi authorities evacuated 223 Iraqis who had sought refuge in Poland from Ukraine.

And last Wednesday, Iraq abstained in the United Nations General Assembly from voting in favor of a resolution condemning the Russian war on Ukraine, and calling on Russia to stop using force against Ukraine.

141 countries voted in favor of the resolution, while 5 countries voted against the resolution and 35 other countries abstained, and the resolution needed two-thirds of the votes to be adopted.

Al-Rudaini: The war was never a gain, even for the victor in it, because of the tragedies, bitterness and losses that it left on both sides (Al-Jazeera Net)

Iraq's neutrality

On the Russian war on Ukraine, the spokesman for the Victory Coalition, Aqil Al-Rudaini, said that the war was never a gain, even for the victor in it, because of the tragedies, bitterness and losses that it left on both sides.

He added - to Al Jazeera Net - that the Iraqi constitution adopted in 2005 forbids the country to be a corridor or headquarters for any attack on neighbors or others, noting that Baghdad is keen on neutrality, but rather positive neutrality, such as the situation regarding the US-Iranian dispute, or the Iranian-Saudi, where Baghdad plays a role Mediator.

For his part, political analyst Ali Al-Baydar said that Iraq, as a state, should have positions based on humanitarian standards and try to favor the country's interest.

Al-Baydar saw that the Iraqis' view of the war on Ukraine is unrealistic and tends to feelings more than taking into account the interests of their country (Al-Jazeera Net)

split

He adds to Al Jazeera Net that the view of the Russian war on Ukraine by the Iraqi people is an unrealistic view that tends to feelings more than it tends to the interest of the state and the people;

The Iraqis did not look at that war and its consequences through the rise in the prices of some foodstuffs and commodities that were affected as a result of the war, but rather through the emotional entanglements and loyalty to the eastern or western camp.

For his part, political researcher Saleh Lafta saw that the division of Iraqis towards the Ukrainian crisis continues, whether at the popular or political level, and this was evident on social networking sites, and it is an extension of the division in all political, religious, social and international issues in this country.

He added to Al Jazeera Net that this division is a healthy state and nature as long as it is within the framework of peace and differing views, and that framework did not go beyond aligning and adopting the policy of international axes and exposing Iraq to crises and problems it is indispensable, especially when siding with one of the two contradictory camps that do not agree in many of them. issues and files.

A gesture that he saw that the division between Iraqis is a state of health and nature as long as it is within the framework of peace and differing points of view (Al-Jazeera Net)

Ukraine is like Iraq

He went on to consider the situation of Ukraine similar to what happened to Iraq, despite the fact that there are some differences between the two countries and the reasons for the invasion and the war, although each side claims the right to the step it has taken.

He recalled the gesture, "Both sides, pro-Russia and Ukraine, should remember the amount of blood that was shed in Iraq and the devastation and displacement that the country has witnessed due to the wars, for which Iraqis are still paying the price until now, as well as future generations, and not wish that what happened in Iraq will be repeated in any other country. It is she who bears the consequences of wars, but the politicians divide them and bring them together, regardless of the human losses.”