This is the 12 time Iraq’s foreign minister Zebari says “The United States and Iraq are close to reaching a long-delayed security deal”.
Assafir reporter in France said today that the U.S. adopted an advice of the French diplomat who is in charge with the Iraqi affairs to solve the two obstacles:
- Provide a time table for the U.S. forces withdrawal.
- Immunity of the U.S. soldiers.
The advice is:
The United State should provide a flexible “horizon” for the withdrawal of their troops and not a strict timetable difficult to fulfill.
As for the second obstacle, both sides [U.S. and Iraq] will reach an agreement that the American soldiers will face courts in the United States by a decision taken by the Iraqi government.
The most important about this article is this point:
The source said that signing the SOFA is longer conditioned by the expiration of the UN mandate in December because extending the period is a routinely, technical issue.
But he is very optimistic that both sides will sign the SOFA before the end of this year for this reason:
The Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki wants to be the “Iraqi leader” who expelled the Americans out of the country as a historic event.
by 2011. Iraqi officials also object to U.S. demands that American troops have legal immunity for crimes committed in the country. Any agreement must be ratified by the Iraqi parliament. How many months now have we heard that exact same refrain…?Roads to Iraqsays… This is the 12 time Iraq’s foreign minister Zebari says “The United States and Iraq are close to reaching a long-delayed security deal“. In other news, a tragic tale of intolerance unfolded…
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