Chirac wants "perspective" of withdrawal from Iraq

It is important to fix a perspective for the retreat
of foreign troops from Iraq, French President Jacques Chirac was
quoted as telling his Iraqi counterpart, Jalal Talabani, on Thursday
in Paris, according to DPA.
"Regarding the presence of the international force (in Iraq), he
said that in French eyes it was important to fix a perspective of
withdrawal," Chirac's spokesman, Jerome Bonnafont, said after the
French president's talks with Talabani.
Earlier Thursday, Talabani said that he believed a withdrawal of
US and other foreign forces from his country was foreseeable in "two
to three years."
Chirac was also quoted as telling Talabani that Paris supported
Iraq's policy of national reconciliation. The Iraqi president is on
his first official visit to France.