Poland's premier to discuss Iraq with Bush

Published: 8 August 2004 y., Sunday
Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka speaks to journalists at the airport in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday Aug. 7, 2004, before heading to the U.S. for talks. Belka told The Associated Press as he left for the United States that he hopes to explore ways to reorganize the Polish-led multinational force in south-central Iraq in the wake of pullouts by Spain and other countries. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's premier headed to the United States on Saturday for talks with President Bush, saying he plans to explore ways to reorganize the Polish-led multinational force in Iraq in the wake of troop withdrawals by Spain and other countries. Prime Minister Marek Belka, who served as the director for economic policy for the U.S.-led provisional authority in Iraq until March, told The Associated Press he plans to talk with Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and others about the prospects of transferring more military duties to Iraqis in the Polish-led zone. "My point would be to do everything to strengthen Ayad Allawi," Belka said, referring to the Iraqi prime minister. Belka, speaking in an interview at Warsaw airport before departing on his two-day trip to Washington, said he would ask Bush: "What is the prospect of increasing the role of the Iraqi uniformed forces?" Poland has led the multinational force since its inception after the end of the war.
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