British troops in Iraq are getting ready to leave

British troops in Iraq are getting ready to leave this country of 31 May this year – said the commander of coalition forces in south-eastern Iraq, British Major General Andy Salmon.

- In principle, completely spełniliśmy conditions. Taking this into account, British troops begin move. They completed their mission of 31 May and the British troops out of Iraq will be about 31 in July – said via video link in the Pentagon stacjonujący journalists in Basra Salmon.

As pointed out peaceful conduct of the Iraqi local elections meant to implement the last requirement, which uzależniał Prime Minister Gordon Brown to withdraw British contingent, consisting of 4 thousand. soldiers.

The other two mentioned by the Chief Executive to the conditions made earlier this month, the transfer of international airport in Basra under Iraqi control and recovery of the region’s economy.

According to Salmon, the intensity of violence there is less