Azerbaijan , Baku, Sept. 22 / Trend A. Isgandarov /
Iraq still needs the U.S military trainers, even after the U.S troops' withdrawal from the country by the end of the year, Al Jazeera quoted Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari as saying.
"Discussions are underway over signing a new agreement on military training between the U.S. and Iraq, as Iraq plans to buy F-16 multirole fighter aircrafts and other U.S weaponry.
Under the agreement between the U.S and Iraq, U.S. combat forces will withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009, and all U.S. forces will be completely out of Iraq by December 31, 2011