Maliki ruled out signing a new security agreement with Washington ...

April 21, 2011

Maliki ruled out signing a new security agreement with Washington

Announced receipt of starting heavy guns and armor from the American side

Baghdad morning
Ruled out by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki signed a new security agreement with the United States to extend the stay of troops in the country.

Maliki said, according to a statement issued by his press office: "The strategic agreement document is clear in this regard, but this does not mean failure to get cooperation and coordination with the United States in the field of training and armament."

The source has told the "morning" recently, said the prime minister reiterated during the meeting with the President U.S. House of Representatives John Beiner, government's refusal to extend the stay of U.S. forces after the end of this year, indicating that al-Maliki said that Iraq "does not need military forces but rather to support areas of arming and training and exchange of experiences. "

The Prime Minister emphasized that "our security forces are capable of maintaining security and now have the weapons and sophisticated equipment that enable them to implement all the tasks assigned to them," indicating that the process of reinforcing continuous through a contract with French companies and American and Russian for the supply of helicopters, in addition to the agreement with the U.S. side to keep their heavy weapons in Iraq, including artillery battalions and armored vehicles, have begun the process of receiving and delivery since yesterday (yesterday).

"He attributed the Prime Minister to cancel a contract for purchase aircraft F16 American-made to the lack of financial allocations and the government seeks to provide a ration card items and improving the services.

And on the political movement, called on Maliki large blocs in the House of Representatives to create opportunities for understanding and consensus to guide the effort Parliament and the Government towards achieving the national objectives and the government program agreed upon. The Prime Minister said: "The government can not achieve its program without the support of Parliament have and the case vice versa can not be Parliament to achieve success without the government to be at his side, "stressing the necessity of activating the understandings and participants between the executive and legislative approximation because the participants will help to reduce the government if there is consensus to do so.

He explained that "the success of the political consensus and unity of effort in addressing terrorism, corruption, and to respond to the demands of the people and the reforms will result in a development and reform of the political process
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