Ukraine rejects Iraqi accusations of involvement in attacks

Shafaq News- Kyiv/ Baghdad

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected as baseless theaccusations of Iraq's national security adviser that groups working for Ukrainehad carried out attacks on Iraqi territory.

"We deem it unacceptable and irresponsible when a high-rankingofficial of a friendly state publicly disseminates such statements withoutproper evidentiary basis," the ministry said, stressing that it continuesto regard Iraq as an important partner in the Middle East and supportsexpanding political, economic, and humanitarian cooperation.

The ministry added that the accusations echoed narratives promoted byRussia to discredit Ukraine and damage its ties in the region, and it did notrule out that they were the product of external information influence or acoordinated information-psychological operation.

Qasim al-Aboudi, Iraq's national security adviser, in an interview onthe Iraqi channel Dijlah TV, said Iraqi forces had arrested a limited number ofgroups that carried out attacks on facilities inside the country, and thatthose detained confessed under questioning to working for Ukraine. A broad investigation would be required before formalcharges could be brought, he added. ...