December 12, 2009An Agreement on Enhancing Security Cooperation and Supplying Iraq with Weapons of sophisticated U.S.
Gates transferred to the country's leaders a message of support from Washington
بغداد ـ الصباح Baghdad morning
Transport and Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during his meetings with a number of leaders of the country, a message of support and commitment from the White House confirms that the full support for Iraq in its war against terrorism.
And Gates, who had arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit, held talks with senior officials in Baghdad and Erbil, as workshops with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in the presence of Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi and Tariq al-Hashemi, the President of the Kurdistan regional government, Dr. Barham Salih, Minister of Defense Abdul-Qader al-Obeidi, the action the most effective security to counter terrorist attacks against the country.
And the transfer of a presidential statement, President Talabani reiterated the importance of expanding cooperation between the two countries, hailing the United States Government and the people and army for their role in supporting the Iraqi people and the democratic experiment.
For his part, Gates reiterated U.S. resolve to contribute to creating the appropriate climate for the forthcoming legislative elections in Iraq through the consolidation of joint work between the two sides to activate the necessary mechanisms to strike harder on nests of terrorism and terrorists.
In the meantime, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense, the United States to help Iraq in the process of equipping and arming of the security services of modern and sophisticated weapons and implementation of contracts in this aspect, in which he promised at the time of Gates to provide support and assistance to Iraqi forces and assist them in aspects of processing and reinforcing .
In Arbil, the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani, with U.S. Secretary of Defense yesterday, a number of issues of mutual interest and latest political developments on the Iraqi arena and U.S. support for the ongoing political process in Iraq.
Middle of this picture, sources close to the talks that took place in Baghdad, the transfer of Gates, a letter from the U.S. administration stresses the commitment of the United States promises to Iraq, especially on the war against terrorism by enhancing intelligence cooperation and providing information on nests of terrorism and the implementation of proactive operations against These groups prior to implementation of criminal, with the increase in air support to Iraqi forces.
Middle of this picture, sources close to the talks that took place in Baghdad, the transfer of Gates, a letter from the U.S. administration stresses the commitment of the United States promises to Iraq, especially on the war against terrorism by enhancing intelligence cooperation and providing information on nests of terrorism and the implementation of proactive operations against These groups prior to implementation of criminal, with the increase in air support to Iraqi forces.
