Iraqi PM to Visit the White House
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will meet President Barack Obama at the White House on November 1, U.S. officials said.
The talks will come with Iraq embroiled in sectarian violence, which has raised fears of a relapse into the bloodshed that killed thousands of people during 2006-2007 under the U.S. occupation.
Washington has complained to Maliki about Iraq allowing Iranian planes with arms shipments destined for Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime to fly over its territory.
The White House said the Obama-Maliki talks would focus on a U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework agreement that governs relations between the country following the final U.S. troop withdrawal in 2011.
The pact is designed to provide a bedrock framework for financial, diplomatic and political ties between Iraq and Washington.
A White House statement said that the leaders would also talk about coordinating on "regional issues."
17 October 2013, 10:04
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The entire region, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, are hanging by a thread. The problem with going to the US is that they have little to no influence on the shape of events as the KSA is funding the madness. Lavrov reports terrorists receiving chemical weapons training for Iraqi Qaeda!
The only consideration Maliki should ask for is the permission from the US to fully support Assad against the terrorists plaguing both Iraq and Syria. Should these terrorists use chemical weapons in Iraq all bets are off. The region, already awash in death is set to explode ...
