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Iraqis sign reconciliation pact
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| Contributor | kal |
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| News Date | Tuesday, July 8, 2008 02:55:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Key members of Iraq's majority Shia and minority Sunni parties have signed an agreement to promote national reconciliation.
The Helsinki agreement, signed in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, on Saturday, includes commitments to outlaw armed groups and respect the judiciary's independence.
Akram al-Hakim, Iraq's minister of reconciliation and a signatory to the deal, said: "The Helsinki Agreement has the potential to bring the Iraqi political parties together in common cause in a way that no endeavour has ... succeeded in doing."
The agreement brings together a number of general agreements "in principle", so analysts warn it is unlikely to have any immediate effect on the ground.
But the public support given to it by political leaders is seen as an indicator of an improvement in Iraq's internal political relations.
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