Embassy of the United States of America in Baghdad, in a statement , denied any meeting between Ambassador James Jeffery and Harith al-Thari, the head of the Association of Muslim Scholars .

Thari’s views have no role in political developments and the process of reconciliation taking place in Iraq, and his links to terrorist groups that killed thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women and children and members of the Iraqi security forces , increased the conflict and the sectarian divide, the statement said.