Monday, July 18, 2011

Iraq - U.S. Strategic Framework Agreement ~ Talabani, announce the third meeting of leaders of blocs and Washington next week

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July 18, 2011

Talabani, announce the third meeting of leaders of blocs and Washington next week to find support for the political process

Alsumaria News / Baghdad

Announced by President Jalal Talabani, on Monday, that the leaders of political blocs will hold an important meeting next week to agree on resolving the outstanding issues and move to a new phase, emphasizing the need to develop relations with the United States through the agreement signed between the two countries, while the new U.S. ambassador to his country's readiness to support the political process in Iraq and to contribute to the achievement of security and stability.

Talabani said in a statement issued by his office on the sidelines of his meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, the top U.S. commander Gen. Lloyd Austin, the number of members of the embassy, ​​said that "the recent meeting of leaders of political blocs has discussed the Iraqi scene and develop solutions to outstanding issues," noting that "the leaders of the blocks confirmed their commitment to previous agreements including the Convention on the initiative Barzani in Arbil. "

Talabani added that "the leaders of political blocs will hold an important meeting next week to agree and resolve difficult issues and move to a new phase and to continue to provide essential services and enhance the provision of security and stability."

The leaders of political blocs, on 20 June, at the home of Talabani, meeting the absence of the leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, leader of the National Alliance Ibrahim Jaafari and President of the House of Representatives Osama Najafi and Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, while the second meeting was held on the ninth of July present, the presence of leaders and representatives of the blocks Political and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the Iraqi leader Ayad Allawi and President of the House of Representatives and the President of Osama Najafi Islamic Supreme Council of Ammar al-Hakim and the meeting resulted in the formation of a committee by the political blocs to follow up the agreements of Arbil and solve outstanding problems.

In another context, said President of the Republic that "Iraq and the United States share a strong relationship and can consolidate these relationships more than through the Convention Strategy signed between the two countries, which include all areas, including economic, trade, science and training of the Iraqi armed forces and equipping and modern technology."

For his part, praised the American Ambassador James Jeffrey, "the efforts of President Jalal Talabani in the political parties access to practical solutions to end the current crisis," hoping "for success and good luck Talabani sought to bring Iraq and its people to safety."

Jeffrey and renewed U.S. support "the ongoing political process and democracy and help Iraq people and government," pointing to "the desire of the United States in strengthening ties with Iraq in all fields."

The U.S. ambassador that his country was "interested in security and stability of Iraq."

And escalated the political crisis taking place in Iraq for more than a year and two months between the coalition of state law, led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi List led by Iyad Allawi, against the backdrop of demonstrations staged by Tahrir Square in Baghdad on 10 June last, and demonstrations of counter-thought that the government sponsored and which demanded the execution of the perpetrators of the wedding of Dujail and to hold politicians who stand behind them, and considered the Iraqi they carried the abuse to her and its leader, also incite sectarian and return Iraq to the atmosphere of the years 2006 and 2007, while confirming that the return of organized crime within a hundred days a sign of the collapse of the security file.

The spin differences between the Iraqi List and the National Alliance on some of the terms of the Erbil, including the draft Law on the Council strategy policies and higher, and most important of these differences mechanism of selection of the President of the Council, as the demands of the Iraqi List to be the mechanism of choice in the House of Representatives, which rejected the National Alliance and demanded to be in within the body that are within the National Council for strategic policy and capacity, where it has the person who heads the Council's powers and whether it would be described as general secretary or president.

The U.S. embassy in Iraq, the 11 of July, the current U.S. troop commitment to the security agreement signed between Baghdad and Washington for the complete withdrawal by the end of this year, noting it has not received so far any request for forces to remain in the country, while drawn to the desire of Washington, in partnership standing with Iraq without American troops there to maintain that partnership.

Iraq has signed and the United States, in 2008, the Framework Agreement strategy 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 reducing the number of reconstruction teams in the provinces, as well as provide an important sustainable rule of law, including police development program and the completion of the coordination and 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 territories and waters and airspace of Iraq no later than December 31 of 2011 current, having withdrawn U.S. combat forces under the Convention, the cities and villages and towns in Iraq last June 30, 2009.

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