By SPA,
Dubai : The international community should lend more support to Iraq by writing off its debts at a conference in Sweden this week, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said in remarks published on Tuesday.
“The world is expecting Iraq to (implement) reforms and show progress,” he told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat.
“And now it is time for the outside world to fulfil its promises through action to support it, especially in what concerns writing off debt and compensations the Iraqis are paying for the crimes of Saddam Hussein.”
The Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference is due to open on Thursday, with attendees including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Reuters reported.