BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Premier Nouri Al-Maliki called Monday for implementing the Iraqi-US Strategic agreement that organizes the cooperation between the two countries.
| So they want us around in some way, just not in any way that's obvious. |
In a statement following a meeting with US Congress delegation headed by John Makin, he added that "prospects of cooperation with the United States are widely open".
The statement added the necessity of expanding cooperation between the two countries in economic, industrial, trade and scientific fields. |