Thread by @jseldin

Current visit of #Iraq PM @MAKadhimi focused on "reforming, reshaping, restarting the relationship" with the US, Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Hussein tells @USIP

"We are here to repair this damage" from previous Iraqi administration

Discussions have focused on security - "how can we reshape, reform our relation on this field" per #Iraq's Fuad Hussein

"I'm glad to say we reached understanding yesterday & this morning also in mtg at the White House"

"Is the security situation so bad, compared for example w/3-4 years ago when #ISIS was controlling many areas in #Iraq? The answer is no" per Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Hussein

"But we must be realistic. ISIS organizations, they are still here & there"

But #Iraq also facing threats other than #ISIS - "some of them have to do w/tribal, some of them have to do w/other groups" per Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Hussein

"So all of these things create unstable situation"

#Iraq hopes to reach "an understanding" w/#Turkey

"I know #PKK forces are still in Iraq & PKK forces, in principle, are fighting against Turkish army" per Iraq Foreign Affairs Minister Fuad Hussein

"Iraqi constitution is not allowing ant group, any force to attack any neighboring country from Iraqi soil" per Hussein

"We want to have good relations" he adds "We don't want to be victims of this [#Turkey-#PKK] fight"

"We have got on-the-ground people' to fight #ISIS, says #Iraq Foreign Affairs Min Hussein "We can do it...but we need equipment, we need information"

"We need air attacks" he adds, citing areas where #Iraq needs US help

"#ISIS is still a threat in the area" Hussein adds

#Iraq's Shia militias-"They must be part of the Iraqi forces...if they are functioning outside the state, then that means they are against the state" per Foreign Affairs Min Hussein

"In the end, I think there will not be a place for these groups that are attacking diplomats..."

IDP camps in #Iraq being sanitized periodically due to #COVID19, #Iraq Migration Minister Evan Faeq Jabro tells @USIP

There was 1 case in #Ninewa, 14 in #Duhok but all those affected were quarantined "and the situation is now under control" she says through a translator

#ISIS IDPs coming back to #Iraq - Migration ministry willing "to supervise their return & to reintegrate them into society again..." per #Iraq's Evan Faeq Jabro, though she notes there are differences within the government on where in Iraq to put them

#ISIS IDPs and deradicalization-"There will be programs to tackle this matter, the ideology" #Iraq's Migration Min. Jabro says "The children...there will be programs to help tackle & mitigate the effects of this"