Coordination Framework strains grow after Sudani’s summit misfire

The 34th Arab League summit held in Baghdad, which the Iraqi government had hoped would mark a regional diplomatic breakthrough and elevate Prime Minister Sudani’s stature ahead of the 2025 elections, ultimately fell short of expectations on multiple fronts, and signs of this fallout were evident at last night’s Coordination Framework meeting. What had been anticipated as a moment of national prestige instead laid bare Iraq’s diplomatic limitations and internal fissures, failing to produce any substantial outcomes that the Sudani government could leverage politically.