伊朗:外國勢力應離開伊拉克

Iran's state-run media says acting Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has told Iraqi officials that foreign powers must leave their country as soon as possible.

He commented Wednesday during a Baghdad news conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, in what is Salehi's first trip to Iraq since its new government was sworn in last month.

Iran's IRNA news agency quotes Salehi as saying Tehran believes in Iraq's "territorial integrity, stability and independence." He also said Iraq could guarantee its independence without foreign forces.

Last August, the U.S. formally ended a combat mission in Iraq that began when coalition forces moved into Baghdad during the 2003 Gulf War. About 50,000 U.S. troops remain in the country. U.S. President Barack Obama says all U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of this year.伊朗國營媒體報道，伊朗代理外交部長薩利希對伊拉克官員說，外國勢力必須儘快離開伊拉克。

他星期三在巴格達與伊拉克外交部長茲巴里共同舉行的新聞發佈會上發表了這一評論。自從伊拉克新政府上個月宣誓就職以來，薩利希第一次訪問伊拉克。

伊朗的伊斯蘭共和國通訊社援引薩利希的話說，德黑蘭支持伊拉克的“領土完整、穩定和獨立”。他還說，伊拉克可以在沒有外國部隊的情況下保證國家的獨立。

去年8月，美國正式結束了在伊拉克的作戰使命。聯軍是在2003年波斯灣戰爭期間進駐巴格達後開始作戰使命的。目前仍有大約5萬名美軍駐守在伊拉克。美國總統奧巴馬說，所有美軍將在今年年底前離開伊拉克。