Maliki to meet Obama, seek support for investment

Ross ColvinThu, Jul 23 12:21 AM

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets President Barack Obama on Wednesday aiming to assert Iraq’s [...]

Maliki to meet Obama, seek support for investment

Copyright 2009 Times Of Oman.

WASHINGTON: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki meets President Barack Obama on Wednesday in a visit aimed at asserting Iraq s newfound sovereignty and encouraging foreign investors to return to the war-ravaged country.

Three weeks after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraqi towns and cities, paving the way for [...]

Iraq’s Maliki says to hold investor conference

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said after talks with U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that efforts were under way to organize a foreign investor conference in October to take advantage of stability in the war-ravaged country.

Obama calls for broader U.S. ties with Iraq

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* Obama renews U.S. commitment to Iraq

* Maliki calls for lifting U.N. war reparations measure

* Focus of trip is to convince investors Iraq safe

By Ross Colvin

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Obama vows full withdrawal from Iraq at end of 2011, presses Iraqi leader on reconciliation

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama said he pressed Iraq’s prime minister on Wednesday to make room in his government and security forces for all ethnic and religious groups to prevent a resurgence of the violence and turmoil that took the country to the verge of civil war.

Vowing to hold to agreements to pull [...]

Obama Maliki Meeting: Iraqi PM To Seek US Investments

BAGHDAD — Bombs killed at least 18 people and wounded dozens in Iraq on Tuesday in a sign that insurgents, though weakened, remain intent on destabilizing a country that is struggling to consolidate U.S.-backed security gains.
Children, shoppers [...]