Christopher Hill, the Iraqi government: If you go with Iran would be a different way with you
2010-02-19
بغداد ( إيبا )/متابعة/.. BAGHDAD (Iba)
Warned the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, Christopher Hill, the relevance of the Iraqi government, Iran is possible to lose America's friendship and affect the relations world countries.
Hill said when asked about the possibility of Iran to play a greater role in Iraq and increase its influence with the withdrawal of American troops, "We say to the Iraqis, if you work with us Iraq would be a member of the international community, and you will have to respect wherever you go, and you will be a strategic partner of the United States, we do not use the negative method : because we have troops in your country and we can Nwvekm, "adding" We tell them if you go with Iran would be a different way with you. "
Hill drew strong criticism for Iran, saying that "there is no doubt that Iran showed a very hateful face in Iraq, this means that we should be wary of Iranian interference in Iraq continues to vindictive."
He also criticized Iran for arming the militias, stressing that "rockets fall on our heads in the Green Zone are Iranian" manufacture.
Hill agreed at a symposium held in Washington yesterday with the commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, General Ray Odierno for a major de-Baathification committee Ali al-Lami, Ahmad Chalabi, saying "they were obviously under the influence of Iran .. we have intelligence that tells us so", adding "I agree one hundred per cent with this statement. "
Hill, speaking at the symposium at length about the elections in Iraq, and responded to several questions on the issue of banning candidates from contesting elections because of their exclusion based on the decision of the accountability and justice.
Adding that "the process were not transparent and did not comply with the necessary legal procedures, and we had a concern around it."
He said that accountability and justice must work "with transparency and outside the political framework", but he considered that the solution reached is the solution to the problem can go ahead in the electoral process.
Hill stressed the importance of the elections in Iraq, expected to take place on 7 March next, saying "The real test of success will be the actions of the winners, but also in reaction to the losers and the losers in the elections to know that they have a greater responsibility than others", in reference to the importance of not to resort to violence in the event of loss.
Hill predicted that the formation of the new government could take "weeks if not months."
U.S. Ambassador to the United States working to implement its plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq gradually and the cessation of hostilities in the country by August next year.
He warned Hill, to link American influence in Iraq, the number of troops in, and said, "our influence in Iraq is not a specific number of troops in it," adding that "the U.S. is serious in its desire for long-term relationships with Iraq, if Iraq is to this relationship, he should cooperate with us. "
He added, "as we bring change to Iraq, Iraq has changed in the United States as well," referring to the "lessons" learned by his country in Iraq.
And select the Hill in his lecture at the (United States Institute of Peace) the obligations of the United States, which is "to help Iraq build democratic political institutions and health", in addition to "help develop the Iraqi economy" and "help Iraq improve its relations with neighboring countries, and that would mean ensuring the role of Iraq is not only as a reliable partner, but as a strategic partner in the region. "
Hill reiterated the U.S. position the importance of the sovereignty of Iraq, saying that "Iraq has sovereignty now, we made a lot since the time of the Coalition Provisional Authority, when Iraq was ordered by the decisions of the CPA, such as those that put Ahmed Chalabi as president for the de-Baathification process."
President Barack Obama has held a closed meeting with Hill, and General Odierno, the presence of Vice President Joe Biden yesterday afternoon to discuss developments in Iraq.
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2010-02-19
بغداد ( إيبا )/متابعة/.. BAGHDAD (Iba)
Warned the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, Christopher Hill, the relevance of the Iraqi government, Iran is possible to lose America's friendship and affect the relations world countries.
Hill said when asked about the possibility of Iran to play a greater role in Iraq and increase its influence with the withdrawal of American troops, "We say to the Iraqis, if you work with us Iraq would be a member of the international community, and you will have to respect wherever you go, and you will be a strategic partner of the United States, we do not use the negative method : because we have troops in your country and we can Nwvekm, "adding" We tell them if you go with Iran would be a different way with you. "
Hill drew strong criticism for Iran, saying that "there is no doubt that Iran showed a very hateful face in Iraq, this means that we should be wary of Iranian interference in Iraq continues to vindictive."
He also criticized Iran for arming the militias, stressing that "rockets fall on our heads in the Green Zone are Iranian" manufacture.
Hill agreed at a symposium held in Washington yesterday with the commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, General Ray Odierno for a major de-Baathification committee Ali al-Lami, Ahmad Chalabi, saying "they were obviously under the influence of Iran .. we have intelligence that tells us so", adding "I agree one hundred per cent with this statement. "
Hill, speaking at the symposium at length about the elections in Iraq, and responded to several questions on the issue of banning candidates from contesting elections because of their exclusion based on the decision of the accountability and justice.
Adding that "the process were not transparent and did not comply with the necessary legal procedures, and we had a concern around it."
He said that accountability and justice must work "with transparency and outside the political framework", but he considered that the solution reached is the solution to the problem can go ahead in the electoral process.
Hill stressed the importance of the elections in Iraq, expected to take place on 7 March next, saying "The real test of success will be the actions of the winners, but also in reaction to the losers and the losers in the elections to know that they have a greater responsibility than others", in reference to the importance of not to resort to violence in the event of loss.
Hill predicted that the formation of the new government could take "weeks if not months."
U.S. Ambassador to the United States working to implement its plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq gradually and the cessation of hostilities in the country by August next year.
He warned Hill, to link American influence in Iraq, the number of troops in, and said, "our influence in Iraq is not a specific number of troops in it," adding that "the U.S. is serious in its desire for long-term relationships with Iraq, if Iraq is to this relationship, he should cooperate with us. "
He added, "as we bring change to Iraq, Iraq has changed in the United States as well," referring to the "lessons" learned by his country in Iraq.
And select the Hill in his lecture at the (United States Institute of Peace) the obligations of the United States, which is "to help Iraq build democratic political institutions and health", in addition to "help develop the Iraqi economy" and "help Iraq improve its relations with neighboring countries, and that would mean ensuring the role of Iraq is not only as a reliable partner, but as a strategic partner in the region. "
Hill reiterated the U.S. position the importance of the sovereignty of Iraq, saying that "Iraq has sovereignty now, we made a lot since the time of the Coalition Provisional Authority, when Iraq was ordered by the decisions of the CPA, such as those that put Ahmed Chalabi as president for the de-Baathification process."
President Barack Obama has held a closed meeting with Hill, and General Odierno, the presence of Vice President Joe Biden yesterday afternoon to discuss developments in Iraq.
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