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The US Ambassador to Baghdad, Elena Romanowski , announced the start of the joint security dialogue between the United States of America and Iraq in Washington, yesterday , Monday .
Romanowski said in her account on the “X” platform , “Security officials from the United States and Iraq will discuss the future of the international coalition’s mission and strengthen security cooperation between the two countries.”
Negotiations between Baghdad and Washington resumed last February, with the adoption of a deliberate and gradual reduction, leading to the end of the mission of the international coalition forces to combat ISIS, according to official Iraqi statements, followed by two more rounds in March and April .
There are about 2,500 American soldiers in Iraq, within the international coalition led by Washington since September 2014, and the soldiers are distributed among three main sites in Iraq: Ain al-Assad base in Anbar, Harir base in Erbil, and Camp Victoria adjacent to Baghdad International Airport. In addition, For American forces, there are French, Australian, and British forces operating within the coalition forces, and others within NATO in Iraq .
