“These negotiations will continue until we find common ground that is acceptable for the Iraqi side and the other party,” he said, adding that both sides were looking at “new ideas.”
“The life of a nation, its future and its higher interests are at stake. And as long as there is no national consensus it will not happen,” he said. “If parliament does not ratify it, it will not be.”
One of the staunchest opponents of US military presence in Iraq, radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said in a statement on Friday he plans to form a new armed group to fight American forces.
Bush has acknowledged rifts with Baghdad. “I think we’ll end up with a strategic agreement with Iraq. There’s all kinds of noise in their system and our system,” he said on Wednesday.
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