NATO Leaders Agree to Train Iraqi Forces

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - NATO leaders agreed Monday to help train Iraq's armed forces, responding to a request from the incoming Iraqi government.

"We have decided today to offer NATO's assistance to the government of Iraq with the training of its security forces," said a statement adopted in the opening session of the NATO summit

The decision came hours after the United States transferred power in the country to the Iraqi administration.

A statement called on alliance officials to "urgently" discuss details of the training plan with the Iraqi authorities. NATO said it would also urgently consider "further proposals to support the nascent Iraqi security institutions."

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