Iraq asks Trump administration to 'reconsider' travel ban
Iraq has asked the United States to reconsider the travel ban on its citizens, the foreign ministry said on Monday, taking a more diplomatic line than the Iraqi parliament which had demanded the government "retaliate".
By : migrator
Update: 2017-01-30 14:49 GMT
Baghdad
"It is necessary that the new American administration reconsider this wrong decision," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Noting their cooperation in fighting the Islamic State group, the statement added: "We affirm Iraq's desire to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries."
By executive order on Friday, President Donald Trump banned U.S. entry for people from seven Muslim-majority countries – Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen – and temporarily halted the admission of refugees.
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