Kurdistan Alliance: Biden's visit to Iraq, a golden opportunity for political blocs to show its position on the U.S. withdrawal
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 18:38
Said a spokesman for the Kurdistan Alliance, a pro-Tayeb, "The upcoming visit by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden to Iraq is a golden opportunity for political blocs to indicate its position on the issue of U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
Al-Tayyib told all of Iraq [where] on Wednesday that "the political blocs are invited to clarify its position on the issue of U.S. withdrawal during the upcoming visit of U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden."
He added, "some of the political blocs that adopt a position like Balillabi the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country to explain its view on this sensitive subject," adding that "the Kurdistan Alliance, its position on the U.S. withdrawal will be with the position of the majority political If approved the majority of political withdrawal, we will be with the U.S. withdrawal from the country and vice versa. "
He explained that "there is a tendency among some of the political blocs to amend security pact with the U.S. side for the survival of some U.S. troops and for a specific period and specific."
The "Iraq and the United States, in 2008, a contract agreement strategic framework to support the ministries and agencies of the Iraqi transition from the strategic partnership with the Republic of Iraq to the areas of economic, diplomatic, cultural and security, based on the Strategic Framework Agreement and to reduce the number of PRTs in the provinces, as well as providing the task of sustainable rule of law, including police development program and the completion of the coordination and supervision and the report of the Fund for Iraq Relief and Reconstruction . "
Under the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington on the end of November of 2008 that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all territories and waters and airspace of Iraq not later than 31 December of the year 2011, the U.S. combat forces pulled out under the Convention cities, villages and towns of Iraq on 30 June 2009. Ended 2
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