Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim: the national settlement initiative is a pure Iraqi initiative and aims to build a state of citizenship

In a meeting gathering a group of leaders of the National Iraqi Alliance headed by head of the National Iraqi Alliance Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim, with chiefs of diplomatic missions operating in Iraq at his eminence’s office in Baghdad Thursday, 19/1/2017, Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim stressed that the national settlement is a pure Iraqi initiative, by Iraqi motivations, and the Iraqis are designated to it to adopted and implemented it, aiming to build a state of citizenship, explaining the role of the United Nations, which is the role of observant and supporter and promoter.

In his eminence’s speech to chiefs of diplomatic missions, he reiterated the vision of the National Iraqi Alliance for the need that the settlement is to accomplish the security of Iraq, there will be no dialogue with the Baath Party and terrorist groups, but the dialogue is the dialogue of the Iraqis themselves, and stressing the importance of dialogue with countries that are doubtful to the experiment those countries that provided all kinds pathways and covers for terrorist groups, additionally pointing to the importance of national integration and restoration of trust between partners, his eminence explained the importance of the regional integration of Iraq for ending doubts towards results and outcomes of the Iraqi experience bearing in mind the necessity of mutual concessions, assurances and guarantees offered by everyone for Iraq.

Eminence attributed part of the Iraqi crisis to the struggle to leadership and its demands which is not the demands of the Iraqi people components, these leaders project their wishes on the people and then the desire of a certain leadership turns into policies of a particular component therefore it is a must to distinguish between personal desires and demands of components, Indicating that the National Iraqi Alliance is the largest bloc and partner and from this point, the National Iraqi Alliance proposed the settlement initiative, which is a win for all, noting that who are defeated are only Daesh, while the initiative include all Iraqis, noting that the region has begun to change its pattern towards searching settlement approaches, and the region is in the center of the world and its stability will lead to the stability of the world.

Ambassadors of countries and Iraqi diplomats expressed their contentment and accord to what they heard about the settlement, considering it a political project for the post-Daesh phase, promising to support the project and to continue to support Iraq in its fight against terrorism.