“Poland strongly condemns the attack and storming of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad which started on December 31, 2019,” the Polish foreign ministry has said in a statement.
It called on the Iraqi government “to hold the perpetrators as well as those standing behind them accountable for their actions.”
The foreign ministry in Warsaw also said that “according to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations it is the obligation of the host country to guarantee protection of diplomatic missions and their premises.”
According to the Reuters news agency, supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the US embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran.
The demonstrators, angry at US air strikes against the Tehran-backed Kataib Hezbollah group, threw stones at the building while US forces stationed on the rooftops fired tear gas to disperse them, Reuters reported.
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Source: gov.pl, Reuters