Iraq blames neighbors for lack of support

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-23-2008 09:27

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has blamed the country's neighbors for not beefing up ties with Baghdad or writing off Iraq's debts. Speaking at a meeting of foreign ministers from the region and Western powers, Maliki did not name any countries. He says Iraqi is now a different country from the one under Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said, "The new Iraq is not the Iraq of yesterday that provokes conflicts and wars and commits aggression against itsneighbors. It is a democratic, federal country with political and ethnic variety, which wants to have the best relations with all countries based on mutual respect and common interests and without the intervention in internal affairs."

Editor:Zhao Yan