BAGHDAD ( 2008-09-17 23:57:57 ) :Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday warned that the contentious security pact with the United States was facing "serious and dangerous obstacles."
"There is very serious and dangerous obstacle to the deal," Maliki told a group of Iraqi television journalists.
"They (US negotiators) requested 10 to 14 days to respond to our demands and the time is over now. American negotiators have not responded to our proposals.
"If they implement our demand quickly, the deal will be signed soon, but if they refuse our demands, it will face obstacles and could lead to new negotiations."
Washington and Baghdad are currently negotiating a security pact that would decide the future of US forces in Iraq after the present UN mandate expires in 2008.
The UN mandate currently acts as the legal framework for the presence of foreign forces in the violence-wracked country.
"There is very serious and dangerous obstacle to the deal," Maliki told a group of Iraqi television journalists.
"They (US negotiators) requested 10 to 14 days to respond to our demands and the time is over now. American negotiators have not responded to our proposals.
"If they implement our demand quickly, the deal will be signed soon, but if they refuse our demands, it will face obstacles and could lead to new negotiations."
Washington and Baghdad are currently negotiating a security pact that would decide the future of US forces in Iraq after the present UN mandate expires in 2008.
The UN mandate currently acts as the legal framework for the presence of foreign forces in the violence-wracked country.
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