Bertie hopes for ‘new Iraq’

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern said yesterday he hoped the new Iraqi interim administration would provide “a new focus, a new direction, a new level of co-operation” to allow the international community to resolve its differences over Iraq.

Asked about the relationship between the United States and the EU, he told Sky’s Sunday With Adam Boulton: “There’s no denying that the last 12 months have been difficult.

“I think people realise they are not going to change their minds about last year but people have to move on, the world must move on, and I think effective multilateral action to try to deal with the situation in Iraq is now required.”