US calls for closer Iraq ties
China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-24 07:44
US President Barack Obama escorts Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki from a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Obama called for closer ties with Iraq. Reuters |
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama sketched the outline of a new US-Iraq relationship on Wednesday, saying it was time to broaden ties forged during six years of war.
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