US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday (March 7) for a surprise visit aimed at "
reaffirming the strategic partnership
" between the United States and Iraq, he announced on his Twitter account.
“
Landing in Baghdad.
I am here to reaffirm the strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq as we move towards a more secure, stable and sovereign Iraq
,” the Pentagon chief said on his Twitter account.
The visit comes at a time when Iraq commemorates twenty years of the American invasion against the regime of Saddam Hussein.