June 20, 2011
Najafi: Any decision on a new security agreement will be difficult
Begins with a visit to the United States today
بغداد ـ الصباح Baghdad morning
Back Speaker Osama Najafi any resolution on a new security pact with the United States "difficult" in light of this complex political situation in the country.
He said during his meeting with a delegation from the United States Institute of Peace, according to a statement received "morning," a copy of it, that "such a decision will not depend on the need for Iraq, but rather on the needs of each political party for the presence of U.S. forces or not."
Najafi said that the "convergence of views between the political blocs not only be achieved by implementing all the terms of the Erbil," pointing to the need for Iraq to the international community's efforts for the success of the democratic experiment.
The president of the parliament that "the two key issues inhibit the stability of the democratic process, namely the external interference in the country and the tendency to monopolize power in the dictatorship, which began to grow when some Iraqi leaders," he says.
Najafi and heard from the U.S. delegation during the meeting, to the efforts and programs to empower civil society organizations and development, the House of Representatives expressing support for all efforts that contribute to the strengthening of the democratic system in the country.
Meanwhile, the Speaker confirmed that Iraq is now at the beginning of the road to the stability of the democratic system and should benefit from the experiences of democratic countries, including Germany.
This came during a meeting with the German ambassador to Iraq, Carl George Christian in his office yesterday.
He expressed his keenness Najafi House of Representatives to strengthen relations between Iraq and Germany, especially in strengthening parliamentary relations.
For his part, the German ambassador expressed his happiness to meet Najafi and transfer him to invite his German counterpart to visit his country.
The two sides discussed during the meeting, the consolidation of bilateral relations and ways of developing them to serve the two peoples.
In the meantime, said Second Deputy Speaker Arif Tayfur "The head of the House of Representatives will travel at the head of a delegation from the Parliament tomorrow (today) to the United States of America."
Tayfur He was quoted by the agency AKnews, that "the visit aims to discuss the extension of the survival of part of the U.S. forces after the scheduled withdrawal from Iraq by end of this year."
He Tayfur "The visit comes in response to an official invitation from the President of the U.S. Congress to Najafi," adding that "it is scheduled to meet Nujaifi President Barack Obama by the delegation's meeting with House members of the U.S. Congress and high-level officials in the White House."
Under the security agreement signed between Iraq and the United States end of 2008, that it should withdraw all U.S. forces from all territories and waters and airspace of Iraq not later than 31 December of the year 2011.
The U.S. combat forces pulled out of the cities, villages and towns of Iraq under the Convention the end of June 2009.
