EU-US joint statement text

The text of a joint statement on Iraq issued today by the United States and the European Union:

“The United States and the European Union share a common commitment in our support for the Iraqi people and the fully sovereign Iraqi Interim Government as they build a free, secure, democratic, unified, and prosperous country, at peace with itself, its neighbours, and with the wider world. Iraq needs and deserves the strong support of the international community to realize its potential.