In his letter to the U.N. Security Council Zebari said: What about me? What will happen to me without U.S. occupation troops: " In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari made it clear yesterday that his government remains committed to striking a deal that would provide a U.S. role in Iraq beyond this year. Although Iraqi security forces have made strides, they remain "unable to assume full responsibility for the maintenance of security," he wrote in a letter obtained by The Washington Post. Zebari said Iraq still requires "the assistance and support" of the U.S.-led multinational force, and that the negotiations between Iraq and the United States "should address Iraq's security needs covered at present" by the U.N. mandate."