So in that context, the bilateral security agreement is one that the Afghan people approve.
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The companies said they had now entered into a national security agreement with the US government.
It is unlikely such an announcement will be made until the security agreement is signed.
Mr Karzai and Mr Obama committed to crafting a bilateral security agreement as soon as possible.
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That security agreement, approved last week by Iraq's parliament, must be ratified by the country's three-member presidency council.
During the news conference at the presidential palace, Karzai also discussed ongoing negotiations on a U.S.-Afghan bilateral security agreement.
The U.S. is continuing to negotiate a long-term security agreement with the Afghans.
The second reading of the proposed security agreement began before parliament on Wednesday.
Yeltsin will sign the security agreement, although he strongly opposes NATO's eastward expansion.
Lawmakers also OK'd a referendum on the progress of the security agreement to be held by the end of July.
The Sadrists, who support anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, reiterated their opposition to the security agreement at a news conference.
He is the first Westerner to stand trial in Iraq after a 2009 US-Iraqi security agreement lifted immunity for foreigners.
Fitzsimons is the first Westerner to stand trial in Iraq after a 2009 US-Iraqi security agreement lifted immunity for foreigners.
But he added that a bilateral security agreement between the US and Afghanistan is expected by November of this year.
Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi also met with Obama on Monday and told reporters afterward that they discussed the security agreement.
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Mr Fitzsimons is the first westerner to stand trial in Iraq after a 2009 US-Iraqi security agreement lifted immunity for foreigners.
Washington and Kabul are negotiating a bilateral security agreement that would allow for a small force to conduct training and counterterrorism missions.
The two leaders also discussed Afghanistan and our ongoing consultations with the Afghan Government, including negotiation of a U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement.
Mr Karzai has been reluctant to sign a long-term binding security agreement with the US amid fears it would undermine Afghan sovereignty.
Othman said lawmakers noisily protested the first reading of the security agreement, which was just the recitation of a cover letter describing the bill.
The agreement commits the United States and Afghanistan to initiate negotiations on a bilateral security agreement, to supersede our current status of forces agreement.
The recently approved U.S.-Iraqi security agreement specifies that U.S. civilian contractors will no longer be immune from Iraqi prosecution for crimes committed in that country.
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In September 1991 Syria and Lebanon signed a mutual security agreement.
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Paul Keating, prime minister from 1991 to 1996, who sought to turn Australia into an Asian regional power, concluded a security agreement between Australia and Indonesia in 1995.
There are some reports out of the Canadian press that next week when Prime Minister Harper is here he and the President will announce a new cross-border security agreement.
The compromise virtually assures the security agreement's ratification by Iraq's presidency council, which consists of Kurdish President Jalal Talabani, Shiite Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi and Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi.
He said some members of parliament believe it is unconstitutional for the security agreement to go through the parliamentary process before a bill is passed on how to vote for it.
It also throws a pall over ongoing negotiations for a bilateral security agreement that would govern the presence of U.S. forces in Afghanistan after the current combat mission ends in 2014.
The current U.S.-Iraqi security agreement -- which was approved in December -- specifies that U.S. civilian contractors will no longer be immune from Iraqi prosecution for crimes committed in that country.
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