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Iraq and Britain to negotiate security deal
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki said on Sunday that Baghdad and London would begin negotiating a security deal on the future of British troops in Iraq.
- Agencies
- Published: 15:06 October 19, 2008
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki said on Sunday that Baghdad and London would begin negotiating a security deal on the future of British troops in Iraq.
"Iraq will appoint a negotiating team to discuss the future of British forces in Iraq," Al Maliki said in a statement.
Al Maliki met visiting British Defence Secretary John Hutton on Sunday.
A UN mandate that allows foreign troops to stay in Iraq expires by the end of the year.
Earlier this month Al Maliki told a British newspaper that British troops are no longer necessary for the security of Iraq and should go home.
"We thank them for the role they have played, but I think that their stay is not necessary for maintaining security and control," he was quoted as saying in The Times.
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