Thursday, April 7, 2011The Iraqi government strongly rejects U.S. troops stay after 2011
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
The Iraqi government announced on Thursday, strongly rejected for the survival of U.S. forces on its territory after 2011, the current, while considered that such a step would cause internal problems and regional Iraq. T
he Minister of State, the government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in an interview with "Alsumaria News", "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told today by the Minister of Defense Robert Gates that the Iraqi government does not want to see any presence of U.S. or foreign over Iraqi territory," adding that " This presence is not appropriate for the Iraqis and cause internal problems and problems in the region. "
Dabbagh said that "the U.S. administration can not impose its will on Iraq, nor can its troops to remain in any country in the world outside its borders without an agreement with the host country," adding that "Iraq does not want U.S. troops to stay beyond 2011."
The U.S. Department of Defense Pentagon announced on Thursday, a willingness to consider extending the presence of its troops in Iraq if requested, confirmed an interest in this aspect, as pointed commander of U.S. forces to the political bickering and lack of choice of ministers of security so far contributed to the failure of Iraq to decision to request an extension.
The U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived, late Wednesday, to Baghdad on an official visit unannounced to meet a number of Iraqi officials, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, as well as visit some of the headquarters of his army, is also expected to visit the Kurdistan Region for three days.
The United States and Iraq have signed, in 2008, the Convention on the strategic framework to support the ministries and agencies of the Iraqi transition from the strategic partnership with the Republic of Iraq to the areas of economic, diplomatic, cultural and security, based on the Strategic Framework Agreement and to reduce the number of reconstruction teams in the provinces, as well as providing important sustainable for the rule of law, including police development program and the completion of the work of coordination, supervision and the report of the Fund of Iraq relief and reconstruction.
Under the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington at the end of November 2008 that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all the lands and waters and airspace of Iraq no later than December 31 of next year, 2011, and had withdrawn U.S. combat forces under the Convention of the Cities and villages and towns of Iraq on 30 June 2009.
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