CAIRO, April 14: Egypt and Jordan are calling for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq and the formation of a “representative Iraqi government”, their respective foreign ministers Ahmed Maher and Marwan Moasher said on Monday.

They were speaking after talks between President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah of Jordan on the situation in Iraq..

Mr Maher urged “the withdrawal of the foreign forces and the formation of a government chosen by the Iraqi people”.

“We want a government which will really represent the Iraqi people in all their components.”

“We want a credible Iraqi government representative of the Iraqi people largely from the inside,” Mr Moasher said—AFP