BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi government will begin talks with U.S. officials later in February on a pact that would lay the basis for long-term strategic ties between Washington and Baghdad, an Iraqi official said on Monday.
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talabani, Iraq's two vice presidents and the leaders of major political blocs had met on Sunday to discuss the pact.
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