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星期六， 2008年7月19日
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Gordon Brown认为在与伊拉克领导的谈话期间他在伊拉克倾向减少队伍数字，但不会设置“人为时间表”。

总理在英国的介入也遇见了资深美国官员在惊奇参观期间对国家，在声明之前下个星期那里。

他说“极大的进展”在伊拉克和被支付的进贡最近获得了到“韧性”英国力量。

在估计英国的目标的伊拉克那里，布朗先生也说暴力下落了。

在星期六布朗先生飞行入巴格达为与伊拉克总理Nouri Maliki、Jalal Talabani总统和军事领导的谈话。

他也遇见了美国军事首要将军大卫Petraeus和美国赖安· Crocker大使。

他飞行到巴士拉，他归结于集会英国的队伍和回顾进展在重建项目。

英国总理说有他在伊拉克想看见面的四个主要宗旨，包括地方军队和警察训练和地方选举藏品。

他在巴士拉地区也集中于经济和社会发展和巴士拉机场调动-多数英国的力量当前根据-的地方到平民用途。

暴力`进展’

对分英国队伍数字的计划到2,500在春天以前被延迟的归结于暴力在巴士拉在3月底。

数字从5,000减少了到4,000在2007年10月和上旬4月之间。

军事司令员说他们在巴格达盼望数字在2009年期间进一步减少，说BBC的吉姆Muir。

讲话在他的会议以后与伊拉克领导人先生布朗认为： “它一定是我们的意图我们减少队伍数字，但我不当时给一张人为时间表”。

maliki先生是敏锐的得到撤退时间表到位在美国总统选举之前在11月。

同时自由派民主党人领导人尼克Clegg在南伊拉克在南阿富汗请求布朗先生撤出英国的队伍和放更多入“越来越困难的工作”与Taleban战斗。

在新闻招待会先生布朗说猛烈事件的数量显著减少了，自从他是前在伊拉克12月，下落从六个猛烈事件每天到一个每六天。

“极大的进展获得了”，他说。

“It’s important to recognise that security, prosperity, local democracy - these are the things that we are trying to move forward and trying to achieve.”

He added: “I am very grateful for the way the British forces behaved in such an exemplary manner. Their professionalism, and their courage, and their dedication is very much part of the progress that has happened.”

 

Mr Brown - whose visit was not announced in advance for security reasons - spent just under an hour in talks with Mr Maliki, then with his advisers. He then spent 20 minutes with Mr Talabani at the presidential palace.

In his last visit in December he announced the official handover of Basra to Iraqi authorities.

This week Iraq and the US called for an agreement on a “general time horizon” for the withdrawal of US troops.

‘Basra another Dubai’

The UN mandate covering foreign troops in Iraq expires at the end of the year.

The US is negotiating a new bi-lateral agreement to cover their continuing presence, and Britain will have to do the same, said Jim Muir.

He said Mr Brown would also be talking to Mr Talabani about the “broader relationship” between the UK and Iraq, with a focus on getting more investment and jobs into the country.

When asked if Britain was motivated by its need for Iraq’s oil, our correspondent said Iraq was “awash” with money from increasing oil revenue.

“The British a looking to play a big development role down in the south… and they are very much encouraging foreign firms to come in and invest, not just in oil but in other projects.

“The British commander down there is talking about Basra being another Dubai in 10 or 20 years down the line, and so there’s huge potential and obviously Britain wants to be part of that effort and obviously to help profit from it as well.”

Mr Brown said he had agreed to hold further talks with Mr Maliki in the autumn.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7515159.stm

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