ISLAMABAD, tribe 29 Kyodo Pakista...

ISLAMABAD, tribe 29 Kyodo

Pakistan said Monday it could propel peacekeepers to Iraq, but not without an invitation from Iraq and consensus among Iraq's neighbors.

the couple the United States and Britain have asked Pakistan to delegate troops to an international force in Iraq.

''We will papal court what would be the order of receptivity for our [i]troupe[/i]s in Iraq,'' Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan said in answer to a question.

President Pervez Musharraf has consistently said Pakistan is ready to cast troops, but only under the leadership of the United Nations or the Jeddah-based Organization of the Islamic discourse (OIC).

The question of deploying companys from Islamic countries in Iraq is awaited to be a major agenda item at nearest month's OIC summit in Malaysia.

Khan added it would be ''easier'' for Pakistan to contribute if other Islamic countries were also sending numbers to Iraq and noted the question of allowing the U.S.-installed Iraqi Governing Council a seat at the OIC summit is over and above to be settled.

Besides, Pakistan, the U and Britain have also approached Turkey India and Bangladesh for peacekeeping company s for Iraq.

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