Baghdad is seeking to activate the strategic agreement with Washington

Since 12/03/2016 17:23 pm (Baghdad time)

Baghdad balances News

It revealed the Foreign Ministry, for its pursuit activating the strategic framework agreement with the United States, usually that Iraq needs the Americans to support the reconstruction of liberated areas and stability efforts, while indicated to the Committee on Foreign parliamentary relations welcomed this, stating that the mutual best interest of both Baghdad and Washington.

It is noteworthy that Iraq and the United States signed in November 2008 end, a cooperation agreement called the "strategic framework agreement", in addition to a security agreement stipulates that there should be withdrawal of US forces from all territories and waters and airspace of Iraq, not later than (the 31st of December 2011) , which has already been, while observers perceived to be applied to other items of the Convention.

The spokesman of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman, said the formation of a high level committee to activate the strategic framework agreement with the United States, he said that Iraq needs the Americans to support the reconstruction of liberated areas and stability efforts in the post-stage (Daesh).

Said Ahmed Jamal in a press statement that "the Foreign Minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, instructed several months ago to form a committee to consider activating the strategic framework agreement with the United States, especially since a lot of doors in need of it," pointing out that "the Committee was formed under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister and membership of a group of Agents ministries of higher education, foreign affairs, defense, finance, trade, transportation and culture as well as the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers representatives. "

"The committee began its work which meets every two months at the State Department," noting that "the ministry has asked the US side to hold a joint meeting, and is still waiting for his reply," He guessed "lingered Washington to hold the meeting until the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump's office."

He stressed that "Iraq needs the Americans in the post-Daesh, to support the reconstruction and stability efforts liberated areas especially since he suffers an economic crisis requires the necessity of activating the strategic agreement" .anthy / m h n


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