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Negotiations on the handover of power in Iraq have reached an "advanced stage", said the UK government.
Demands that coalition troops remain immune from prosecution by Iraqis after the handover of power will be dealt with in the new UN resolution.
BBC correspondent Jonathan Beale said UK and US forces want to remain under their own jurisdictions, even after the creation of a sovereign Iraq.
A government source said a draft of the resolution could go out this week.
But they stressed there was no agreement as yet on the question of immunity, which forms a small part of the overall negotiations.
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Demands that coalition troops remain immune from prosecution by Iraqis after the handover of power will be dealt with in the new UN resolution.
BBC correspondent Jonathan Beale said UK and US forces want to remain under their own jurisdictions, even after the creation of a sovereign Iraq.
A government source said a draft of the resolution could go out this week.
But they stressed there was no agreement as yet on the question of immunity, which forms a small part of the overall negotiations.
BBC Read More
