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US Deputy Secretary of State held talks
with Kurdistan prime minister
29.11.2007
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November
29, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', --
There are "definite" signs of improvement in the
security situation in Iraq, US Deputy Secretary of
State John Negroponte told reporters in Iraq's
autonomous Kurdistan region.
"I saw a definite improvement in the security
situation," Negroponte said at a late night news
conference Wednesday in Iraqi Kurdistan's capital,
Erbil, where he arrived earlier in the day at the
start of visit to Iraq and Kurdistan region.
"There is a political process under way in parallel
with the security achievements, including on
national reconciliation and the oil law," he said
after holding talks with Kurdistan prime minister
Nechirvan Barzani.
"We are very optimistic that the progress that has
occurred in security will be matched with political
progress," Negroponte said. "We think the political
progress that has happened already is significant." |
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) and
Nechirvan Barzani Kurdistan prime minister, at
a joint press conference in Iraqi Kurdistan's
capital, Erbil |
Former US intelligence
chief and ambassador to Baghdad, Negroponte has been
deputy to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice since
January.
He told the news conference the United States,
Turkey and Iraq shared the same views on the
Turkey's rebel Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which
uses bases in Iraq's Kurdistan region as
springboards to launch attacks across the Turkish
border.
"The PKK is threatening security," said Negroponte.
"The three countries are determined to cooperate on
this issue."
He gave no details of the remainder of his programme
for his four-day visit to Iraq.
AFP
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