18:27, 04 May 2009 | GMT +5
Iraq says US should withdraw on schedule
TEHRAN. May 4. KAZINFORM Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh has declared that the deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq will not be extended, Kazinform refers to PRESS TV.

Dabbagh stressed that Iraq is committed to adhere to the withdrawal schedule in the security pact between the two countries, adding Baghdad does not want to change the withdrawal schedule.
The pact obliges the US to withdraw its combat troops from all Iraqi towns and cities by the end of June and to fully withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011.
"These dates cannot be extended and this is consistent with the transfer and handover of responsibility to Iraqi security forces," Reuters quoted Dabbagh as saying, Kazinform cites PRESS TV.
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