Deputy: Washington would respond to security convention next two days
BAGHDAD - Iraq votes 12 / 09 / 2008 at 11:18:46
Abbas Al-Bayati said a member of the Commission on Security and Defense, Friday, the American response to demands made by the Iraqi side on a long-standing convention security will arrive during the next two days.
The Al-Bayati of the Independent News Agency (Voices of Iraq) that "the American side understands observations regarding the Iraqi Security Agreement and began working out", expected to hit "reply on that during the next two days."
It was "a declaration of principles" had been signed by U.S. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in December last December has plans for signature on 31 July of next July to come into effect on January first of January next year.
Al-Bayati added that belongs to the bloc the United Iraqi Alliance, the largest parliamentary bloc with 83 seats in the House of Representatives of the total 275 seats, that "the ground has become ripe to reach a balanced agreement between Iraq and America."
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi side had been sent to the American side last week a set of demands on outstanding issues on the agreement governing the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq after in 2008, it currently relies on the presence of UN authorization renewed at the end of each year the request of the Iraqi government, which Will not be effective unless approved by the House of Representatives of Iraq.
The Al-Bayati told (Voices of Iraq) last week that negotiations with the American side are suspended for a week; and waiting for his reply on the demands made by Iraq, the most prominent issue of immunity for American soldiers in addition to Iraq's request that the ceiling in 2011 is the timetable for the presence of American forces, which rejects States Nations and calling for staying in Iraq until in 2013.
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