（记者张金海）俄罗斯外交部发言人23日对美国从伊拉克撤出最后一批军队表示欢迎，这标志着美国结束了对伊拉克长达20多年的军事干预。
Russia on Friday welcomed the withdrawal of the last US forces from Iraq, marking the end of more than two decades of US military involvement in the country.
俄罗斯外交部发言人扎哈罗娃（Maria Zakharova）在回答媒体提问时表示，此举执行了伊拉克议会2020年1月通过的决定。
Responding to a media question, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the move implemented a decision adopted by the Iraqi parliament in January 2020.
她说，议会的决定反映了伊拉克人民“在外国军队长期存在后恢复和巩固国家主权的愿望”。扎哈罗娃在一份外交部声明中说：“自2003年以来，这种存在一直有效地持续着--从美国以完全人为的借口入侵的那一刻起，这引发了整个地区数十年的不稳定。”
She said the parliament’s decision reflected the Iraqi people’s “aspiration to restore and consolidate state sovereignty after the prolonged presence of foreign forces.”“That presence had effectively continued since 2003 – from the moment of the American invasion under a completely contrived pretext, which triggered decades of instability across the wider region,” Zakharova said in a ministry statement.
她说，莫斯科“当然欢迎”撤军，这表明伊拉克军队和安全部队“有能力独立完成加强国家国防能力和确保国家安全的任务”。她补充说：“除其他外，他们有能力应对来自伊斯兰国和其他此类组织的恐怖主义威胁。”
She said the withdrawal, which Moscow “certainly welcomes,” demonstrates that the Iraqi army and security forces are “capable of independently addressing the task of strengthening the state’s defense capability and ensuring national security.”“They are capable, among other things, of countering the terrorist threat emanating from ISIS (Daesh) and other such organizations,” she added.
扎哈罗娃表示，俄罗斯相信伊拉克人民能够应对国内外挑战，保障在于与邻国的睦邻关系和协调。
Zakharova said Russia is convinced that the Iraqi people will be able to withstand internal and external challenges, with the guarantee lying in neighborly relations and coordination with neighboring countries.
她还重申了俄罗斯提出的“海湾地区集体安全概念”。扎哈罗娃表示，这一概念是基于这样一种认识：包括伊拉克在内的该地区国家通过密切互动在维护稳定方面发挥主导作用。
She also reaffirmed Russia’s proposed “Collective Security Concept for the Gulf Region.”Zakharova said the concept is based on the understanding that states in the region, including Iraq, play the leading role in maintaining stability through close interaction.
周三，美国国防部表示，美国及其联盟伙伴“正式结束了在伊拉克的内在决心行动”。声明称，联军和装备从埃尔比勒空军基地“有序撤离”标志着军事任务的结束。
On Wednesday, the US Defense Department said the US and its coalition partners “formally concluded Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq.”It said the “orderly departure” of coalition forces and equipment from Erbil Air Base marked the conclusion of the military mission.
巴格达和华盛顿于2024年9月同意结束联军在伊拉克的军事任务，时间表将延长至2026年9月底，并向伊拉克与成员国之间的双边安全关系过渡。
Baghdad and Washington agreed in September 2024 to end the coalition’s military mission in Iraq under a timetable extending through the end of September 2026, with a transition to bilateral security relations between Iraq and member states.
该联盟于2014年在伊斯兰国占领伊拉克和叙利亚大片地区后在美国领导下成立，在打击该恐怖组织的行动中为伊拉克军队提供空中、情报和训练支持。
The coalition was formed under US leadership in 2014 after ISIS seized large areas of Iraq and Syria, providing Iraqi forces with air, intelligence and training support during operations against the terrorist group.
伊拉克于2017年12月宣布重新完全控制被伊斯兰国占领的领土。
Iraq announced in December 2017 that it had regained full control of territory seized by ISIS.
美军于2003年首次入侵伊拉克，推翻萨达姆·侯赛因，并于2011年底撤军。
US forces first invaded Iraq in 2003 to remove Saddam Hussein and withdrew at the end of 2011.