Bush meets Hakim, calls for help on Iraq’’s political reconciliation efforts
Washington, 28 November 2007 (Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
US President George W. Bush urged Iraq’s neighbors to offer more support for Iraq as the country moves forward politically while seeing improvement in security.
The remarks came during a meeting late last night at the White House with Abdel Aziz Al-Hakim, Head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, who is in Washington on an official visit a day after President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki signed a declaration outlining the nature of the long-term bilateral relationships and the presence of US troops in Iraq.
White House press secretary Dana Perino said the meeting, the second between the two since last December, tackled “the importance of the need for support from Iraq’s neighbors as Iraq moves forward.”
The two sides also discussed security improvement in Iraq as the death toll among US troops and violence witnessed sharp drop in the last two months.
They discussed “the improving security situation in Iraq and the improvements that have occurred,” Perino said.
US President George W. Bush urged Iraq’s neighbors to offer more support for Iraq as the country moves forward politically while seeing improvement in security.
The remarks came during a meeting late last night at the White House with Abdel Aziz Al-Hakim, Head of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, who is in Washington on an official visit a day after President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki signed a declaration outlining the nature of the long-term bilateral relationships and the presence of US troops in Iraq.
White House press secretary Dana Perino said the meeting, the second between the two since last December, tackled “the importance of the need for support from Iraq’s neighbors as Iraq moves forward.”
The two sides also discussed security improvement in Iraq as the death toll among US troops and violence witnessed sharp drop in the last two months.
They discussed “the improving security situation in Iraq and the improvements that have occurred,” Perino said.