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Iraqi PM: Pact with Washington Will Facilitate Agreement With Britain

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has said that the approval of the Iraq-U.S. security pact will facilitate an agreement with Britain on the future of its forces in Iraq.

He stressed that his government was interested in tightening economic, scientific and cultural cooperation with Britain, and called on British companies to invest in Iraq.

Source: Al-Sabah, Iraq, October 19, 2008

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