WASHINGTON
U.S. State Department's spokesperson Victoria Nuland said that the situation about Iraqi vice president was an issue which should be solved between Turkish and Iraqi governments.
We believe it is an issue which should be solved between the governments of Turkey and Iraq, said Nuland during a daily press briefing.
Interpol issued a red bulletin for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi who is currently receiving a medical treatment in Turkey.
Turkey, on Wednesday, stated that it did not have to extradite al-Hashemi.
Al-Hashemi is being tried in absentia in Baghdad on charges of terrorism as well as guiding and financing death squads that targeted government officials, security forces and Shiite pilgrims. The trial will be held today after lawyers for al-Hashemi, who has denied the charges, appealed to have parliament create a special court to hear the case. The Sunni vice president has vowed not to return to face what he calls politically motivated charges.
Al-Hashemi has denied all charges against him calling the charges as "politically motivated".
Al-Hashemi is a member of the Sunni-dominated Iraqiya political bloc, which won the most seats in the 2010 parliamentary election.
The Iraqi national government currently is mostly made up of Shiites.
Meanwhile, al-Hashemi told reporters on Tuesday that the issue was all over political, and the charges against him were groundless.
I am a suspect, not a criminal, thus, Interpol should not rush to put warrant of arrest into effect about me, said al-Hashemi.
