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28/07/2011
Palm - The Iraqi foreign minister on Wednesday that Iraq needs to remain a number of American soldiers in the country until after the withdrawal date scheduled end of the year, while preparing the political blocs to determine the position of the issue within days.
Hoshyar Zebari said at a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad: Is there a need for trained experts? The answer is yes.
He expressed optimism about the possibility of reaching a mutually acceptable outcome, not a new agreement or extension, but arrive to take advantage of the field open to us to support and build our capabilities, likely to agree on access to trainers and experts, not troops, fighter.
But he said the government alone can not decide this issue, it must be a national political consensus on any decision we make in this direction (...) and must be supported by all political leaders in the country.
In this context, Zebari said the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani called for a meeting next Saturday with the participation of political parties in order to determine the position of the issue of U.S. presence in the country.
The Iraqi foreign minister last week was likely to get agree to extend the presence of a specific number of U.S. troops until after the withdrawal date as part of the task of "training" sponsored by the memorandum signed between the Ministries of Defense and the Iraqi and American.
The number of U.S. troops in Iraq is now 47 thousand and the majority of these troops the help of Iraqi forces with training, equipment, and these forces continue to carry out operations to combat terrorism and self-defense.
Under the security agreement signed by Baghdad and Washington in November 2008, a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by end of 2011.
And intensifies, U.S. officials for months, efforts to persuade Baghdad to keep the American force until after the withdrawal date, but the possibility of extending the U.S. military presence is facing significant public opposition.
And threatened the Shiite Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr, who had already fought fierce battles with U.S. forces and government, fighting the Americans in the event decided to extend the stay of U.S. troops.
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Palm - The Iraqi foreign minister on Wednesday that Iraq needs to remain a number of American soldiers in the country until after the withdrawal date scheduled end of the year, while preparing the political blocs to determine the position of the issue within days.
Hoshyar Zebari said at a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad: Is there a need for trained experts? The answer is yes.
He expressed optimism about the possibility of reaching a mutually acceptable outcome, not a new agreement or extension, but arrive to take advantage of the field open to us to support and build our capabilities, likely to agree on access to trainers and experts, not troops, fighter.
But he said the government alone can not decide this issue, it must be a national political consensus on any decision we make in this direction (...) and must be supported by all political leaders in the country.
In this context, Zebari said the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani called for a meeting next Saturday with the participation of political parties in order to determine the position of the issue of U.S. presence in the country.
The Iraqi foreign minister last week was likely to get agree to extend the presence of a specific number of U.S. troops until after the withdrawal date as part of the task of "training" sponsored by the memorandum signed between the Ministries of Defense and the Iraqi and American.
The number of U.S. troops in Iraq is now 47 thousand and the majority of these troops the help of Iraqi forces with training, equipment, and these forces continue to carry out operations to combat terrorism and self-defense.
Under the security agreement signed by Baghdad and Washington in November 2008, a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by end of 2011.
And intensifies, U.S. officials for months, efforts to persuade Baghdad to keep the American force until after the withdrawal date, but the possibility of extending the U.S. military presence is facing significant public opposition.
And threatened the Shiite Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr, who had already fought fierce battles with U.S. forces and government, fighting the Americans in the event decided to extend the stay of U.S. troops.
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