Trump will host the new Prime Minister of Iraq at the White House in mid-July.

United States President Donald Trump will host the new Prime Minister of Iraq, Ali al-Zaidi, at the White House in mid-July to address "the future of this important relationship," according to a joint announcement made this Tuesday by the office of the Iraqi Head of Government and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The announcement took place within the framework of a visit to Baghdad by the U.S. President's special envoy, Thomas Barrack, who conveyed the invitation to Al-Zaidi during a meeting held on Monday, where both "reiterated their shared commitment" to "a strong and mutually beneficial partnership." "Special Presidential Envoy Barrack conveyed that President Trump looks forward to welcoming Prime Minister Al-Zaidi to the White House in mid-July to discuss the future of this important relationship," states the communiqué, which adds that during the meeting, the importance of these ties allowing for "the fulfillment of Iraqi aspirations for a sovereign, secure, and prosperous future" was addressed. It further highlights that both "debated the Iraqi Government's shared vision for building a better future, free from terrorism, implementing Iraqi plans to ensure the complete disarmament and dissolution of all armed groups and formations operating outside the authority and control of the Iraqi state, and ensuring that their weapons remain under the jurisdiction of the Iraqi state." In this regard, they also discussed the need for Baghdad to "assert its full sovereignty to keep Iraq out of the conflict and ensure that Iraqi territory cannot be used by any party to threaten regional peace." "Al-Zaidi and Barrack emphasized the urgency of fully concluding these efforts," the document adds. Al-Zaidi took the opportunity during the meeting to "reaffirm Iraq's commitment to deepening trade and investment relations between both countries," an action applauded by Barrack. Likewise, they addressed Baghdad's decision to finalize operating licenses for the deployment of Starlink in Iraq and the start of negotiations with Chevron for the development of two oil wells. "Both parties emphasized the importance of supporting a strong, sovereign, united, federal, and democratic Iraq, based on robust constitutional institutions, to ensure the full equality of all citizens, in a manner that strengthens the unity, stability, and prosperity of Iraq," the joint communiqué concludes. Al-Zaidi was tasked with forming the new government in late April by the President of Iraq, Nizar Ahmedi, after receiving support from the country's main party, the Shiite Coordination Framework coalition, and following the withdrawal of the candidacy of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who served between 2006 and 2014, due to heavy pressure from the United States. In Iraq, an agreement prevails as a result of the 2003 U.S. invasion—which led to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime, who was subsequently hanged—stipulating that the Speaker of Parliament must be a member of the Sunni community, while the Prime Minister must be Shiite and the President must be Kurdish.