Prime Minister uses first White House visit to reaffirm plans to assert state monopoly on weapons and boost ties with US

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will travel to Washington to meet President Donald Trump, with oil and gas agreements expected to top the agenda.

Oil and gas deals are expected to be signed as part of a broader push for economic, trade and investment cooperation.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, as the US administration piles pressure on Baghdad to curb Iranian influence.…

Trump described Ali al Zaidi's April victory as the "beginning of a tremendous new chapter" between Iraq and the U.S.