Agreement was reached despite continuing differences over NATO's role, with French President Jacques Chirac insisting that training be conducted by Alliance members under their own flags, not NATO's.
Dogovor je postignut unatoč kontinuiranim razmimoilazenjima oko uloge NATO-a. Francuski predsjednik Jacques Chirac ustrajava na tome da članice Saveza obuku Iračana provode pod vlastitim stjegovima, a ne stijegom NATO-a.