IRAQ PM PLEDGES : COUNTRY WILL NEVER BECOME LAUNCHPAD FOR ATTACKS ON SAUDI

  • 01/04/2021

Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi vowed  that his country will never become a launchpad for attacks on Saudi Arabia, during a long-awaited visit to the kingdom aimed at forging closer economic and security ties.In January, explosive-laden drones had crashed into the main royal palace in Riyadh, with American media citing US officials as saying they were launched from neighbouring Iraq.

Saudi officials did not publicly disclose any details on the reported attack on the sprawling Al-Yamama complex, the official residence and office of King Salman as well as the main base of the royal court.But the news raised alarm in a country that has frequently come under missile and drone attacks from Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen, where Riyadh-backed forces are engaged in a six-year conflict.

"We will not allow any attack on the kingdom," he told reporters after what his aides described as an hours-long meeting with Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Kadhemi's trip comes after the countries reopened their Arar land border crossing in November for the first time since Riyadh cut off diplomatic ties with Baghdad in 1990, following Iraqi ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.

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