Friday, September 15, 2006
Deputy PM calls on Syria to cooperate
Politics
During a visit to Washington Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih said he hopes America will continue to support Iraq during the transition. The deputy prime minister says Iraq's National Security Council has set a number of benchmarks to be achieved through political compromise between September 2006 and March 2007, including the establishment of a Constitutional Review Committee, passage of an investment law and a law on equitable sharing of income from oil revenues, and the establishment of a mechanism to disarm private militias and bring them into the political process.
Salih also called on Iraq's neighbour, Syria, to cooperate with Iraq on security by clamping down on the presence and activity of former regime leaders who are presently in Syria, as well as terrorists crossing the border into Iraq. Salih also said Iraqi government officials are cooperating with tribal leaders in Anbar to create an environment that would be more hostile to extremists and terrorists.
