Zebari: Obama told us he would not rush to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq

5/11/2008 - 09:15


Baghdad / Voices of Iraq: "Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, in the early morning of Wednesday, U.S. President-elect Barack Obama told the Iraqis that he would not rush to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, expressing his belief that U.S. policy toward Iraq will not change Obama often the advent to power in the United States.

Zebari's remarks were made by less than an hour after the declaration by Obama won the votes of 338 adults, in return for his Republican rival John McCain on 141 votes, is the reaction to the first senior Iraqi official.

He said Zebari, Obama told Iraqi officials during his visit to Iraq that "will not rush to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq if he wins the U.S. presidency," adding that "the Iraqi government, which welcomes and respects the choice the American people, do not expect a significant change in U.S. policy toward Iraq and that any change would be between overnight. "

Zebari pointed out that Obama "to delaying the Iraq Study and consultation with Iraqi leaders and military commanders on the ground to determine the right policy", and expressed his belief that U.S. foreign policy "is the result of stable institutions and strategies, and change is not sudden."

Zebari noted that "there is a chance to establish a successful partnership with the U.S. administration" and he expected that "the same enthusiasm Nokia Obama George W. Bush on Iraq."

However, the "Obama Whatever his future, but can not stop quickly from the U.S. policy toward Iraq, so do not expect a substantially during the new American administration because we are negotiating with the Bush administration now."

And on Senator Joseph Biden for the post of vice president, and the possibility of the return of the idea of dividing Iraq into three sectarian and ethnic entities raised by the Congress earlier, Zebari said "The idea of dividing Iraq is not open, and put Biden misunderstood, because it called To the federal ratified by the Iraqi constitution ", and" We are coming to the office of President Biden, the United States. "

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