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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani affirmed on Tuesday that Iraq’s relationship with the United States must be founded on partnership rather than unilateral decisions.He stated that a small unit of US military advisers will remain at Ain al-Asad Air Base in Iraq to monitor the Syrian border, noting that the ISIS organization no longer poses a major threat inside Iraq, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).Estimates from the Ministry of Defense indicate that between 400 and 500 ISIS members remain in isolated areas along the Syrian border and in the country’s northeast, he added.The Prime Minister further stressed that the region will remain unstable without a just solution to the Palestinian issue, warning that events will continue to recur. He also expressed his support for US President Donald Trump’s plan regarding Gaza.Al-Sudani highlighted that Iraq has made significant progress in reforming its financial system, in addition to strengthening security cooperation with the new authorities in Damascus in areas of counterterrorism and drug control.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed that the trilateral relationship between the United States, South Korea, and Japan is "critical" for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, as he held talks with his Asian counterparts in New York. Rubio made the remarks in a post on social media following a three-way meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. "Our trilateral partnership is critical to promoting peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific and to advancing economic and security cooperation," Rubio wrote on X. The talks came as Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo continue to deepen cooperation amid North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile programs.