Friday, January 6, 2012

U.S. and Iraq ~ Feltman and Secretary Gen. Arab League: does not interfere in Iraqi affairs and our relationship is built on a strong partnership

07/01/2012

Feltman: do not interfere in Iraqi affairs and our relationship is built on a strong partnership

Cairo - Isra-Khalifa

Said Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said his government does not interfere in Iraqi affairs, but it has strong relations with Iraq and there is a partnership in many areas and common interests, noting that in the interest of America and Iraq, said there is a strong partnership and we renew and strengthen this partnership between the two countries, which focused on the institutional relations of civil, especially after the withdrawal of military forces from Iraq.

Jeffrey said in a press conference at the conclusion of an interview with the Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Arab response to a question the morning that we seek in Iraq for the implementation of the Framework Convention, which we agreed upon after the withdrawal the military, noting that the political tensions that have occurred in recent weeks, we used our solution to this crisis, where he spoke, Vice President (Joe Biden) with Iraqi politicians as the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad is making great effort to solve this crisis and there are contacts with Iraqi politicians, noting that America's hopes to be a partnership between the Iraqi political way and that serve the interests of Iraq and its unity and stability, noting that these politicians themselves are able to stop these tensions, indicating that we are in touch with them and agreed upon by the Iraqis, with some more important than what we can offer us.


And what has been discussion with the Secretary General of the Arab League on the situation in Syria, told Jeffrey, we discussed various topics most important of the situation in Palestine and the situation in Syria, there has been a convergence of ideas with information indicating that he took the opportunity to support the Arab League initiative to end the violence in Syria, noting that America looks at anecdotal evidence from its Arab League in this topic well and have a responsibility to the task and difficult to find appropriate ways to resolve the crisis and Syrian approval of the Syrian government to implement the initiative of the university, which it signed last month and we look forward to the results which will be announced at a meeting of the Arab ministerial committee in charge of affairs of Syria on Sunday.

And on the role of the Council security in the Syrian crisis, said Jeffrey: The Security Council is interested in this subject and that the Security Council members have summaries of the length of time by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the elimination of violence in Syria and we are awaiting the report of the Arab League, which provides at the next meeting because the report of the observers is important because they are located on the ground, the Syrian He pointed out that the Arab League took it upon themselves to resolve the crisis the Syrian and we are waiting for the results, citing that Syria had agreed to the initiative and given the opportunity to six weeks to go protocols on the work of observers and the most important now is to complete the observers work in Damascus to confirm that Syria respond to the Arab initiative, approved by All of us interested in the cessation of violence in Syria and we look forward to the decision will be issued from the university.

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