Deputy premier meets U.S., Turkish ambassadors

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq received on Wednesday U.S. and Turkish Ambassadors in Baghdad James Jeffery and Mourad Aozgelk, according to a statement from his office. “The separate meetings tackled ways of expanding cooperation in political, economic and scientific fields with Washington and Istanbul,” said the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. “The Iraqi official stressed the importance of abiding by the timetable of the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq in accordance with the security agreement by the end of 2011 and to benefit from the framework agreement signed with Washington to improve the service filed in the country,” it added. The two diplomats underlined their governments’ support to the national partnership government in Iraq.   SH (TP)/SR 436