Sudani: Iraq will not be a springboard for threatening neighborhood security

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Wednesday that Iraq will not be a springboard for threatening the security of neighbors.

Al-Sudani said in a speech during the «Sulaymaniyah Forum»: «We will never accept that the land of Iraq is a springboard for threatening the security of the neighborhood, and our constitution obliges us not to interfere in the affairs of others, just as we do not accept that the dignity of our land and sovereignty are affected from the neighborhood or from others», according to a statement published by the Iraqi News Agency.

Al-Sudani added: "We look forward to deep and sustainable economic partnerships, which bring us together with brotherly and friendly peoples, and we exchange keenness on security with them, with effective and fruitful economic cooperation, which can only establish sustainable security."

"The government has attached special importance to strengthening border guard forces, increasing efforts to control them, prevent infiltration, and eliminate any force that seeks to destabilize Iraq," he said.