Zebari and Kerry meeting the fourth end points, notably to extend the protection of Iraqi funds and

Zebari and Kerry meeting the fourth end points, notably to extend the protection of Iraqi funds and defeat al-Qaeda



FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 / AUGUST 2013 21:20


Twilight News / confirmed the United States of America, on Friday, to assist the Iraqi government in order to "defeat" the armed groups, including al-Qaeda, and its commitment to the processing of Iraqi forces, weapons, equipment, and services related to training, while stressed the economic partnership between the two countries.



A joint statement issued by the U.S. State obtained "Twilight News", a copy of it after the end of the fourth meeting of the Coordination Committee of political and diplomatic Joint headed by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and U.S. secretary of state John Kerry, "The United States confirms its strong commitment to help the Iraqi government defeat al-Qaida and other of terrorist groups that continue to threaten Iraq and the entire Middle East region. "

The statement stressed "the commitment of the two countries to continue cooperation in the security file and on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding joint security cooperation that took place within the framework of the Coordinating Committee of Defense and the Joint Security between the two countries in December 2012 and the Joint Military Commission, which hosted the U.S. Central Command last June."

For its part, Washington has confirmed its commitment to sell Iraq military equipment, services and training forces totaling / 14 / billion dollars in Foreign Military Sales program, "pointing out that" it comes to enhance cooperation in the pursuit of common interests between the two countries to deny safe haven to terrorists in any place inside Iraqi territory. "

The statement stressed "the United States' strong support for Iraq's efforts to increase and deepen the dialogue with regional partners and work together to strengthen moderate forces and isolate the extremists in the region."

The statement praised the "positive developments in the relationship between Iraq and Kuwait, including the resumption of flights between Kuwait and Baghdad and the completion of the joint maintenance of border pillars between the two countries", describing the developments as "impressive."

The statement added that "the United States is proud to support these diplomatic achievements that require difficult decisions on both sides of Iraq and Kuwait, which contributed to peace and stability in the region."

And on the Syrian crisis two sides affirmed "their commitment to the process of political transition, led by Syria lead to a pluralistic political system representing the will of the Syrian people", while stressing the Iraqi side on the "commitment to deter transit of weapons across its territory, and welcomed in this regard flags of the U.S. Congress about the deal Iraq's possible to buy a system integrated air defense of the United States to protect the sovereign airspace. "

For his part, the U.S. side stressed "the need to explore potential areas of cooperation and the importance of the provision of shelter and services for Syrian refugees fleeing the violence."

According to the statement, the two sides discussed the decision of U.S. President Barack Obama to extend the protection of the special Development Fund for Iraq, and stressed the "close partnership between Iraq and the United States on the issues of the economy," stressed the Iraqi side, "his commitment to the settlement of outstanding claims in the coming months to create the appropriate conditions for such protection unusual which will expire in 2014. "

The statement noted that "the two delegations also discussed the issues of administrative and operational support and provide the United States assistance to Iraq in the implementation of the next parliamentary elections in 2014."

And Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, on Thursday, on top of a high-level delegation on an official visit to Washington, DC to chair meetings of the fourth round of the Coordinating Committee of the joint political and diplomatic.

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