The Iraqi foreign minister said bringing Iraq out of Chapter 7 is an `` American commitment also '' since Iraq signed the status of forces agreement with the United States , which governs the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq , based on its understanding that the U.S. would help Iraq to come out of Chapter 7 . Iraq 's president says his country ' n't be fully independent until U.N. sanctions end . Iraq has paid ` ` billions of dollars '' under UN 's Article 7 , foreign minister says . ` ` Intensive meetings '' held with Security Council members , he says .
Iraq 's president says his country ' n't be fully independent until U.N. sanctions end . Iraq has paid ` ` billions of dollars '' under UN 's Article 7 , foreign minister says . ` ` Intensive meetings '' held with Security Council members , he says .