国际英语资讯:Spotlight: After Trumps SOTU speech, Pompeo tries to reassure allies of U.S. commitment to_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: After Trumps SOTU speech, Pompeo tries to reassure allies of U.S. commitment to

"U.S. hostility has led it to support dictators, butchers & extremists, who've only brought ruin to our region," he added.

Trump's remarks regarding Iraq has also sparked anger and rejection in the oil-rich country.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim, who also attended the Wednesday ministerial meeting, said that all countries shall respect Iraqi territorial integrity and carry out military operations in his country with the knowledge and permission of the Iraqi government, and in consultations with the Iraqi security forces.

On Monday, Iraqi President Barham Salih rejected any role for U.S. troops in Iraq beyond helping Iraq's security forces, saying that "Trump did not ask for our permission to watch Iran. Do not burden Iraq with issues that don't represent a priority to it."

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi also tweeted on Monday that "Iraqi sovereignty must be respected."

"Its interests should not be compromised. Iraq should not be used as a spring board to attack its neighbours," he warned. "We are not proxies in conflicts outside the interests of our nation."

Speaking of Trump's hardline policy towards Iran, Richard Haass, head of Council on Foreign Relations, a U.S.-based think tank, tweeted that Trump confuses his view that the Iran nuke deal was a bad pact with U.S. intelligence community's judgment that Iran has been complying with it, and justifies the U.S. presence in Iraq "as aimed at Iran."