PRIME MINISTER MALIKI MEETS WITH A DELEGATION OF U.S. CONGRESS HEADED BY SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN

PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday 5/1/2010



His Excellency Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki in his official office today, a delegation of U.S. Congress headed by Senator John McCain, The meeting reviewed the political, economic and security in Iraq and the relations between the two countries.

The Prime Minister also underscored that Iraq today is better than it was in past years and look forward to turn the page on the suffering and move to a new culture and the consolidation of democracy and the exercise just like any other democratic countries, while recognizing that the world's democracies have not been achieved at once.



He added that Iraq's sovereignty could return to its place among the nations of the world, and we worked a great deal in terms of foreign relations and to improve security and living conditions, either the neighboring countries, it can not interfere in our affairs in the absence of political forces at home, encourage others to interfere in our internal affairs, as some States paid money to have an impact in the upcoming elections, and this is done in the absence of a party law that has not been enacted so far.

On the issue of (Blackwater) Mr. Prime Minister said to the delegation of the American Congress: The issue of acquitted individuals Blackwater provoked the feelings and the decision was a shock to all Iraqis, have been discussed topic at the meeting of the Council of Ministers held today to take the necessary.



The Prime Minister: I have inherited from the former regime, and Saddam's regime has made many compromises in order to stay in power, stressing that the government has taken all measures on the issue of well number four in the field of loose change, as Iraqi forces moved to other wells and controlled on the situation, and that the relevant functional commissions will respond.

The Prime Minister said that Iraq has border problems with all neighboring countries, and we ask them to respect the sovereignty of Iraq, which will have to enable it to act Maihfez rights.

And spoke about the aspirations of Iraq to increase its oil production to eleven million barrels in the six years after the successful conclusion of contracts with international companies, and that Iraq needed to be developed service sectors to benefit from oil wealth.

Of bring across the congressional delegation expressed satisfaction with the developments taking place in Iraq, especially in the field of security than it once was, praising the efforts of the Iraqi government develop relations with countries in the world and improving the Iraqi economy.

He also expressed by Senator John McCain expressed deep regret to the court's ruling on the U.S. company (Blackwater), calling him without justification, and called for his appeal, and wished the delegation members that do not affect this problem on the relations between the two countries.

For his part, Senator Lieberman said What we're saying today is very different from our last visit in August last, and that Iraq is making a lot of political and security achievements, economically and in terms of external relations, and that the elections next big event will promote these successes.

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