Iraq Summons US Ambassador in Protest at Jerusalem Embassy Move

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Iraqi Foreign Ministry summoned US Ambassador in Baghdad Douglas Silliman to protest at President Donald Trump’s decision to move his country’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

News ID: 67327

Date: 08 December 2017 - 16:31

"The ministry has handed Silliman a protest note over trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital,” spokesperson for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Ahmed Mahjoub said, Petra reported.

Earlier, the Iraqi government condemned Trump’s decision to move his country’s embassy to Jerusalem.

The government, in its statement, called on the US administration to backtrack on this "wrong and dangerous” decision, saying that the US move will have a negative impact on regional and international stability.

President Trump on Wednesday formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing nearly seven decades of American foreign policy and setting in motion a plan to move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to the fiercely contested Holy City.