Hoshyar Zebari, the Iraqi interim foreign minister, says the region has been a hotbed for insurgents.
The news was revealed by Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari, speaking after talks with the UK prime minister.
Nevertheless, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the government is "doing its best" to spend money to improve the country.
Listen to Hoshyar Zebari, the Iraqi foreign minister, just a few days ago.
Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, also at the press conference, said he's unaware of Americans participating in such attacks.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Baghdad welcomed the "new direction" in Washington.
Mr. HOSHYAR ZEBARI (Iraqi interim foreign minister): They should be on the run most of the time or rooted out.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told CNN that "extremist groups have an important role in the level of violence that is going on" in Syria.
At a signing ceremony for the deal Monday morning with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari called it a historic day for Iraqi-U.S. relations.
Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq's Kurdish foreign minister, told CNN on Sunday that he believed the only way to end the stalemate over al-Jaafari would be to put the matter before parliament.
Hoshyar Zebari, a senior member of Massoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party, which controls the north-western part of the self-rule area, believes that the Kurds have at last made some smart moves.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, said he had temporarily dismissed Kurdish Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, after warning that he would replace Kurdish cabinet ministers unless they ended a boycott of cabinet meetings.
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