Maliki and Obama agree on the withdrawal and strategic relations

Tuesday 12/13/2011

Maliki and Obama agree on the withdrawal and strategic relations

Baghdad, Acquired the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the United States on a wide interest in order to accompany with the date of withdrawal from the country, has expressed views political fears of a deal with the U.S. side outside the framework of the withdrawal agreement agreed, within the holding Maliki U.S. President Obama held a press conference yesterday said the two sides build a common ...

Maliki confirmed that the relationship will not end with the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, calling on American companies to do a greater role in helping Iraq to invest its resources optimally. He added that "the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, a sign of success and not, as some want to portray in a negative," adding that "relations between the two countries will not end after he finished the first phase of the constructive and fruitful cooperation."

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And on the security situation Abizaid Maliki "that Iraq is totally dependent now on the organs of local security but still need to cooperate with America in the areas of building the armed forces, information, training and equipment and the fight against terrorism," noting that "building the Iraqi armed forces designed to protect national sovereignty does not attack others or override them."

For his part, Obama noted that "the United States would be close to and support for Iraq after the withdrawal," and added that "more than a million American troops have served in Iraq, and 4500 were killed and tens of thousands of wounded." In a remarkable development hinted Speaker Osama Najafi yesterday that Parliament had agreed to grant "partial immunity" to foreign military forces to operate in Iraq from next year in a move that may constitute a legal cover for the survival of foreign forces in Iraq after the end of the year 2011.

Nujaifi said In a press conference that "partial immunity may provide a ground for compromise of the government to hold negotiations in this regard in order to reach a new agreement." The head of the House of Representatives that "Parliament is not going to grant judicial immunity full for any foreign troops on Iraqi soil."

In the political evolution is remarkable expressed Iyad Allawi, the hope that "invests the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the United States and his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama to achieve best for Iraq and strengthen its position and contribute to solving problems, "pointing out that" there are common issues between the two countries of interest to Iraq as America's interest. "

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