
Canada will withdraw forces if Iraq formalizes request for foreign troops to leave: Sajjan
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- Category: Canada News
- Published Friday, January 17, 2020
- CBC News

If the Iraqi Parliament formally asks foreign troops to leave the country, Canada will withdraw its forces, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said today.
"Ultimately, we are here at the request of the Iraqi government. Ultimately, it will be their decision," Sajjan said from the Middle East, where he is visiting Canadian forces.