Van Helsing
My glass is half empty.
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The handover of sovereignty to Iraq is being brought forward from 30 June to today, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has said.
Mr Zebari was speaking after talks with the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
Mr Blair said a formal announcement would be made later.
The BBC's political editor Andrew Marr in Istanbul says the surprise move, which emerged at the start of a Nato summit, is an important symbolic step.
Mr Zebari was speaking after talks with the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
Mr Blair said a formal announcement would be made later.
The BBC's political editor Andrew Marr in Istanbul says the surprise move, which emerged at the start of a Nato summit, is an important symbolic step.
