Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to send a delegation to Iraq tasked with devising a system for a withdrawal of US troops from the country, according to a statement from the premier’s office.

Abdul-Mahdi made the request in a phone call with the top US diplomat late Thursday, according to the statement, which said Pompeo made the call.

The move followed a vote by the Iraqi parliament to expel the 5,000 American troops in the country after a US drone strike in Baghdad killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani last week. Also killed in the strike was senior Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Iran retaliated Tuesday night by firing 11 ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq that house US troops. There were no casualties and both Tehran and Washington have since moved to de-escalate tensions.

“We are happy to continue the conversation with the Iraqis about what the right structure is. Our mission set is very clear — we’re there to perform a training mission and to continue the campaign against ISIS,” Pompeo said during a White House press conference with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to announce new sanctions on Iran in retaliation for missile strikes on two bases that housed US troops.

“We’ll continue that mission. As times change and we get to a place where we can deliver up on what I believe and the president believes is our right structure, with fewer resources dedicated to that mission, we will do so,” he added.

Abdul-Mahdi said his country rejects all violations against its sovereignty, including the volley of Iranian missiles and America’s violation of Iraq’s airspace in the airstrike that killed Soleimani, who commanded the Quds Force.

The Iraqi leader asked Pompeo to “send delegates to Iraq to prepare a mechanism to carry out the parliament’s resolution regarding the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq,” the statement said.

“The prime minister said American forces had entered Iraq and drones are flying in its airspace without permission from Iraqi authorities and this was a violation of the bilateral agreements,” it added.

Abdul-Mahdi’s comments to Pompeo suggest he was standing by his prior statements that US forces should leave Iraq.

Top US military officials including Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Mark Esper have said there were no plans for the US to withdraw from the country.

The latest escalation was set off when a rocket attack blamed on the Iranian-backed militia group Kataeb Hezbollah caused the death of a US contractor at a base in Kirkuk province. The US responded with a barrage of strikes on the militia’s bases, killing at least 25 people.

More than 5,000 American troops are stationed in Iraq under a US-led coalition set up in 2014 to fight ISIS.

On Sunday, the coalition announced it has paused its training and was redirecting its resources to ensure the safety of personnel and bases in the wake of “repeated rocket attacks over the last two months.”

With Post wires