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Prime Minister Maliki: US troops withdrawal from Iraq is a triumph for negotiations
Saturday, December 03, 2011 14:49 GMT
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki stated on Thursday, that US troops’ withdrawal from Iraq is a triumph for negotiations. Few years ago, it was impossible to even consider the withdrawal, Maliki added calling other countries, especially neighboring countries, to establish best relations based on good neighboring and mutual respect.
“The completion of foreign forces’ withdrawal from all Iraqi territories according to the agreed timetable between Iraq and the US is a historical triumph for negotiations,” Maliki said at a ceremony held in Baghdad in the occasion of “the day of fulfilling the promise” (Yawm Al Wafaa‘). “We adopted negotiations at a hard and sensitive stage of Iraq’s modern history to deal with the presence of foreign forces in Iraqi,” Maliki continued.
Prime Minister Maliki had dubbed on November 26, the withdrawal day of US troops from Iraq as “the day of fulfilling the promise” (Yawm Al Wafaa’)
“US troops’ withdrawal leads to a new stage of relations between both countries based on the strategic framework agreement that covers political, economic, commercial, cultural and educational aspects,” Maliki declared. “Full withdrawal is being accomplished today, a thing that was even impossible to consider few years ago,” he added.
“We are ready to cooperate with neighboring countries and we call them to establish the best bilateral relations based on good neighboring and mutual respect,” Maliki said.
“All political parties, religious scholars, tribal sheiks, intellectuals, artists, media people and civil society organizations must show support to security forces at this delicate stage of Iraq’s history,” Maliki advised. “It is necessary that Iraqis preserve this national accomplishment through unity and that they reject disagreements to maintain Iraq’s peace, unity and integrity,” he concluded.
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