Iraq: US request to postpone contacts with EU shipbuildersnote

The Iraqi Defence Ministry is said to have received a US request to postpone the contacts with EU shipbuilders on a project to build new military vessels for the Iraqi Navy. The following 351-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the US request and what the Ministry's reaction. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 22/19 – May 8, 2015)]