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Sunday, June 6, 2010
Maliki: We look forward to transform the relationship with Washington from the military to civil
بغداد- الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's desire to transform the relationship between Iraq and the United States military to the civil side. This came during a meeting at his official yesterday, several members of Congress.
A government statement quoted received Sabah copy thereof, al-Maliki as saying during the meeting: that «Iraq has exceeded in record time, the challenges of a very serious threatened the unity and sovereignty, and the great successes achieved in the security side has opened the doors to accelerate the process of building and construction.
He added, are looking forward to go out the relationship between Iraq and the United States after the military intervention in the civilian side, through the activation of the framework agreement strategic, which was signed between the two countries in economic, trade, cultural and scientific», stressing the government's keenness on the direct implementation of the Convention to serve the interests of both countries. For their part, , members of the U.S. delegation praised the achievements made by the Government of National Unity during the past four years.
A member of the delegation, said he recorded his appreciation to the government which was able to save the country from serious crises and that he observed in every time he visited Iraq and there had been progress in various fields. In Sulaymaniyah, the prime minister of Kurdistan, Barham Saleh with a delegation of U.S. Congress, the political situation in Iraq and the formation of the government and the situation security in the region.
A source was quoted by the agency Nina's news that the U.S. delegation arrived in Sulaymaniyah yesterday and was received by the Prime Minister of Kurdistan, Barham Saleh, representative in the United States Qubad Talabani. (Barham Salih, looking with a delegation of U.S. political situation in Iraq ... )
The source added that the delegation comprising members of the Senate and House of Representatives Americans held a closed meeting with the head of the regional government which lasted about half an hour, touched on the political situation in Iraq and the formation of the government and the differences between political entities and the security situation in the province, especially the artillery and cross-border incursions by Iranian forces.
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