Issawi mulls political developments with U.S., British ambassadors

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Leader of al-Iraqiya Coalition, Rafia al-Issawi, discussed on Thursday with U.S. and British ambassadors in Baghdad the latest political developments in the country. “The two separate meetings tackled the developments of bilateral relations and ways to expand cooperation with the tow countries in economic and political fields,” said an official statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. The United Nations Security Council decided to cancel all sanctions imposed on Iraq after invading Kuwait in 1990.The Council also voted to restore control of Iraq’s oil and natural gas revenue to the its government on June 30, 2011, and to terminate all remaining activities of the oil-for-food program which ran from 1996-2003 and helped ordinary Iraqis cope with sanctions. SH (P)/SR 1