WASHINGTON, Oct 28: US President George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday announced the formation of a high-level working group to bolster security in Iraq, and the White House insisted there were ‘no strains’ in bilateral ties.
“We have three common goals: accelerating the pace of training the Iraqi Security Force, Iraqi assumption of command and control over Iraqi forces, and transferring responsibility for security to the government of Iraq,” Mr Bush and Mr Maliki said in a joint statement released by the White House and Baghdad after a 50-minute videoconference between the leaders.—AFP
