Iraqi Parliament

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Welcoming Al-Halbousi, Dacic noted the significance Serbia attached to its relations with Iraq, based on traditional friendship, mutual trust and solidarity between the two peoples, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations and advancement of cooperation with Iraq.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi on Tuesday to discuss further advancement of Serbia-Iraq bilateral cooperation, the current situation in the Western Balkans and the Middle East and the necessity of dialogue in resolution of all open issues.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic and his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Al-Halbousi, who is on an official visit to Serbia, signed a MoU between the two parliaments.

According to the latest data - US forces have begun withdrawing their troops from 15 military bases located in Iraqi territory.
The Iraqi Parliament passed an earlier resolution calling for the removal of US forces from the country following the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike in Iraqi territory, "Sputnik" writes.

The United States resumed joint military operations with Iraq yesterday, interrupted after the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in an U.S. airstrike in Baghdad in early January, according to the New York Times.

A military base in Iraq with US troops was attacked once again. There were no casualties, world agencies reported, citing a communique by Iraqi armed forces.

Today, Katyusha rockets targeted the Taji military camp, located north of Baghdad.

The incidents come amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran .

Iraq's caretaker prime minister asked Washington to work out a road map for an American troop withdrawal, but the U.S. State Department on Jan. 10 bluntly rejected the request, saying the two sides should instead talk about how to "recommit" to their partnership.

Romania supports an increased role of NATO in the Middle East region and in combating terrorism, stated, on Friday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu in Brussels, before the extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, called by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The agenda of the meeting features the situation in Iran and Iraq.

Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria are all withdrawing troops from Iraq following the recent flare-up of hostilities between the US and Iran.