Exclusive - US Concerned About Iran’s Efforts to Undermine Iraqi Sovereignty 2/4/2018 11:59:29 AM US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan Asharq Al-Awsat, 3 February 2018 - US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan said that during his visit to Baghdad and Erbil last week, he urged both parties to reach an agreement on controversial issues such as the reopening of airports in Kurdistan to international flights and maintaining cooperation between the Iraqi and Kurdish governments. Sullivan headed the US delegation to the fifth meeting of the US-Iraqi High Coordination Committee established under the Strategic Framework Agreement signed in December 2008. On the same trip, the Secretary of State visited the Afghan capital Kabul, where he met with President Ashraf Ghani and several officials, and called for the improvement of relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan. In a press briefing to a number of foreign media outlets, including Asharq Al-Awsat, Su...
