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On: Wednesday 12/7/2011 6:25
Baghdad / term
Expected to call for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during his visit to Washington is accelerating the aircraft deal (F16) and he will discuss during the visit, the need to accelerate the implementation of the agreements concluded between the two countries, and the deal will call for urgency is the F-16 aircraft.
A member of the National Alliance MP Abbas al-Bayati told a news briefing: The Prime Minister will travel in 12 of this month to Washington at the head of the delegation, including ministers of services, higher education and education for the purpose of discussing American support for these sectors.
However, al-Bayati said that Maliki can not enter into any new agreement and is rumored to hire aircraft from America or other words untrue, saying that "he would ask the U.S. to rush to send the aircraft (F-16) contracted by the Iraq earlier,
And the Al-Bayati: The visit will also be discussed out of Iraq's Chapter VII.
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi government has announced the first payment to the United States of the value of F-16 aircraft deal.
A spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, had stressed that the Iraqi government signed a contract worth billion and $ 700 million of the purchase value of F-16 and started the process of money transfer, indicating that the contract includes the delivery of 18 aircraft to Iraq the end of 2013.
Buchanan said that "Iraqi government signed a contract to transfer money for the transfer of the first squadron of 18 fighter aircraft," noting that "the aircraft has not been made yet but will be making new aircraft will reach the end of 2013 to Iraq.
The Buchanan that "the amount of the first batch to receive the aircraft is a billion and seven hundred million dollars, even if I am not sure of the total amount of the contract and its specificity, but I know that the first installment is a squadron of 18 aircraft will be distributed in all parts of Iraq, and that the contract includes the training of aircraft crews to maintenance and spare parts ", and in the context An official source in the Iraqi government said on Tuesday his country's intention to conclude an agreement with Gulf countries for the protection of Iraqi airspace after the American withdrawal.
A member of the State Committee to take over the military sites of U.S. forces in the office of Prime Minister Ahmed Hehani Kurdistan told that "there is no intention to deal with the Gulf to protect Iraqi airspace after a full U.S. withdrawal from Iraq by end of this month."
The head of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic Naseer al-Ani had announced on Tuesday the Saudi capital of Riyadh that the Iraqi government will sign an agreement with Gulf countries.
He concluded by saying, "We work to protect Iraqi airspace through the purchase of high-tech radars in monitoring and coordination with international companies involved in air monitoring contracts with Iraq."
U.S. President Barack Obama has said from the White House to withdraw troops from Iraq by the end of this year and said in remarks at a news conference that he agreed with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the withdrawal is the best solution for both countries.
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On: Wednesday 12/7/2011 6:25
Baghdad / term
Expected to call for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during his visit to Washington is accelerating the aircraft deal (F16) and he will discuss during the visit, the need to accelerate the implementation of the agreements concluded between the two countries, and the deal will call for urgency is the F-16 aircraft.
A member of the National Alliance MP Abbas al-Bayati told a news briefing: The Prime Minister will travel in 12 of this month to Washington at the head of the delegation, including ministers of services, higher education and education for the purpose of discussing American support for these sectors.
However, al-Bayati said that Maliki can not enter into any new agreement and is rumored to hire aircraft from America or other words untrue, saying that "he would ask the U.S. to rush to send the aircraft (F-16) contracted by the Iraq earlier,
And the Al-Bayati: The visit will also be discussed out of Iraq's Chapter VII.
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi government has announced the first payment to the United States of the value of F-16 aircraft deal.
A spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, had stressed that the Iraqi government signed a contract worth billion and $ 700 million of the purchase value of F-16 and started the process of money transfer, indicating that the contract includes the delivery of 18 aircraft to Iraq the end of 2013.
Buchanan said that "Iraqi government signed a contract to transfer money for the transfer of the first squadron of 18 fighter aircraft," noting that "the aircraft has not been made yet but will be making new aircraft will reach the end of 2013 to Iraq.
The Buchanan that "the amount of the first batch to receive the aircraft is a billion and seven hundred million dollars, even if I am not sure of the total amount of the contract and its specificity, but I know that the first installment is a squadron of 18 aircraft will be distributed in all parts of Iraq, and that the contract includes the training of aircraft crews to maintenance and spare parts ", and in the context An official source in the Iraqi government said on Tuesday his country's intention to conclude an agreement with Gulf countries for the protection of Iraqi airspace after the American withdrawal.
A member of the State Committee to take over the military sites of U.S. forces in the office of Prime Minister Ahmed Hehani Kurdistan told that "there is no intention to deal with the Gulf to protect Iraqi airspace after a full U.S. withdrawal from Iraq by end of this month."
The head of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic Naseer al-Ani had announced on Tuesday the Saudi capital of Riyadh that the Iraqi government will sign an agreement with Gulf countries.
He concluded by saying, "We work to protect Iraqi airspace through the purchase of high-tech radars in monitoring and coordination with international companies involved in air monitoring contracts with Iraq."
U.S. President Barack Obama has said from the White House to withdraw troops from Iraq by the end of this year and said in remarks at a news conference that he agreed with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the withdrawal is the best solution for both countries.
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