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Apart from the ultimatum, the Azores Summit adopted a statement on transatlantic solidarity in which the signatories intended to state their particular points of view regarding the common values on both sides of the
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announced the withdrawal of US troops on Monday 31 August 2010, although 50,000 soldiers would remain until
Saturday 31 December 2011. It would not be until 2015 when Tony Blair would admit that it had been a mistake to invade Iraq.
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The Azores Summit resulted in two statements: "A vision for Iraq and the Iraqi people" and "Commitment to transatlantic solidarity."
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