15/09/2011A senior U.S. delegation to visit Baghdad in the days .. And the withdrawal of 10 thousand troops next month
BAGHDAD, learned the "morning" from a source familiar with the U.S. delegation a high-level visit Baghdad in the coming days for talks on the operationalization of the strategic framework agreement between the two countries. According to this source, the delegation will include officials at the White House and State Department and the Pentagon, noting that the activation of the work of the joint committees will be the top priority of the visit.
The source continued U.S. in a telephone interview with the "morning" yesterday: "The delegation will also discuss the formation of more committees of communication and research, in addition to discussing the withdrawal of U.S. forces," revealing the withdrawal of 10 000 soldiers during the month the next. ", said a member of the Commission on Security and Defense parliamentary Abbas al-Bayati: the special committees to activate the strategic framework agreement" is responsible for the cultural, political, economic, service, legal and military, "noting that" the supervisors of these committees are the relevant ministers from both sides " .
He said al-Bayati said in a statement the "morning", that "the Convention complex too and need the efforts of both Iraq and the U.S.." indicated that the framework agreement include cooperation in political, diplomatic and defense cooperation and security, in addition to cultural cooperation and cooperation in the areas of economy, energy, as well as cooperation of health and environment in the area of information technology and communications, while seeking to activate cooperation in the field of law enforcement and the judiciary. He said the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, in an earlier statement the "morning" his country's commitment to implementation of the security agreement in all its aspects.
The President Jalal Talabani confirmed recently in a statement, the need for joint efforts to establish friendly relations strong between Iraq and the United States in all fields to serve common interests and promoted the two peoples. and on the U.S. withdrawal, officials said the countdown for the withdrawal of U.S. troops remaining in Iraq began according to the program specified in the agreement to withdraw his forces between the two countries signed the end of 2008.
The government has confirmed receipt of U.S. forces plan to withdraw in the form of curve shows start reducing the number of remaining troops from now until the end of the year zero
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