January 14, 2012Maliki meets with Assistant Secretary of State William Burns
Baghdad, met with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday, Assistant Secretary of State William Burns and discussed with him bilateral relations and the latest developments in Iraq.
A source in the cabinet in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki received today Saturday, Assistant Secretary of State William Burns, and discussed with him bilateral relations and the latest developments in Iraq. " Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in an interview with TV Sumerian, in (January 6, 2012), that the entry of the U.S. citizen to Iraq has become a Visa and the establishment of , played down the importance of talking about large numbers of the protections of the U.S. Embassy, stressing that Iraq's relations with the United States turned to the relations of the State of the State.
The United States ended the U.S. official presence in Iraq in December of 2011, nine years after the invasion of its military forces in 2003, and the overthrow of former President Saddam Hussein, a decision of the former U.S. President George W. Bush.
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 the Strategic Framework Agreement and to reduce the number of reconstruction teams in the provinces, as well as providing important sustainable rule of law, including the police development program and the completion of the coordination and supervision and the report of the Fund of Iraq relief and reconstruction.
It is expected to continue relationship with Iraq and the United States during the next phase in what known as the "Strategic Framework Agreement", which provides for the exchange and partnership between the two countries in economic, diplomatic, cultural and security.
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