Tuesday, September 14th 2010
Maliki to form the government after the return of SLC delegation
Erbil, Official media sources in Syria said on Tuesday that a delegation from State of Law coalition (SLC) gave the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a letter from the outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, over the "bilateral relations between Syria and Iraq, and the importance of enhancing them in all fields to serve the interests of both countries."
A delegation of SLC went since Monday to the Syrian capital of Damascus, to establish talks with Syrian President over the developments of the next government formation, which included the Minister of National Security Sherwan al-Waeeli, Hassan al-Seneed and Abbas al-Bayati.
The Syrian Prime Minister, Muhammad al-Otari called on Thursday Maliki and held with him talks over the political and security situation and the stages of government formation; they also discussed mechanisms to strengthen the relationship between Syria and Iraq .
The Syrian official news agency " SANA " said on its website, "The meeting discussed the developments related to the efforts of forming a new Iraqi government and the importance of the participation of all Iraqi components… Assad renewed Syria 's support for any agreement among the Iraqis on the basis of maintaining Iraq 's unity and sovereignty.”
The agency quoted members of the SLC delegation saying, "Talks still exists between the SLC, al-Iraqiya List and the Iraqi National Coalition (INC) to involve everyone in the government of national partnership,” pointing out that after the delegation's return to Iraq, al-Maliki will study the government formation."
The delegation members added that Iraq's next government will be based on real national partnership and it will not exclude or marginalize any bloc or list, indicating that the coalition and al-Iraqiya led by Ayad Allawi, had held serious and genuine talks and that 80 percent of the papers exchanged by both sides were agreed upon."
In the opinion of political observers, the Syrian Prime Minister's initiative to contact Maliki is a shift in the Syrian attitude towards Maliki, whose candidacy for the PM post was met by Syria's dissatisfaction; Maliki had actually held Syria responsible during the past years of supporting the dissolved Baath Party, accused of being at the origin of violence in Iraq.
Faleh al-Ziyadi, a member of the SLC told AKnews, "A delegation from the SLC will go to Damascus to meet the Syrian President, after the relations between both sides were strained over the post of prime minister, in which our coalition insisted to nominate Maliki. "
The disputes between Baghdad and Damascus escalated after Wednesday bloody bombings on Aug. 19, 2009, which killed and wounded hundreds of civilians; Maliki accused publicly and for the first time the Syrian government of providing support for the Baath Party,Yunis al-Ahmad wing, accused of said bombings.
A number of Iraqi officials visited Syria during the past few months, including Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Sadr Current, Ammar Hakim, the head of the Supreme Islamic Council, Ayad Allawi, leader of al-Iraqiya list, Adel Abdul Mahdi, the Iraqi Vice President and Ayad al-Samarrai, the leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front, as the importance of forming a new Iraqi government was confirmed to ensure the participation of all segments of the Iraqi people.
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/181231/
Maliki to form the government after the return of SLC delegation
Erbil, Official media sources in Syria said on Tuesday that a delegation from State of Law coalition (SLC) gave the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a letter from the outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, over the "bilateral relations between Syria and Iraq, and the importance of enhancing them in all fields to serve the interests of both countries."
A delegation of SLC went since Monday to the Syrian capital of Damascus, to establish talks with Syrian President over the developments of the next government formation, which included the Minister of National Security Sherwan al-Waeeli, Hassan al-Seneed and Abbas al-Bayati.
The Syrian Prime Minister, Muhammad al-Otari called on Thursday Maliki and held with him talks over the political and security situation and the stages of government formation; they also discussed mechanisms to strengthen the relationship between Syria and Iraq .
The Syrian official news agency " SANA " said on its website, "The meeting discussed the developments related to the efforts of forming a new Iraqi government and the importance of the participation of all Iraqi components… Assad renewed Syria 's support for any agreement among the Iraqis on the basis of maintaining Iraq 's unity and sovereignty.”
The agency quoted members of the SLC delegation saying, "Talks still exists between the SLC, al-Iraqiya List and the Iraqi National Coalition (INC) to involve everyone in the government of national partnership,” pointing out that after the delegation's return to Iraq, al-Maliki will study the government formation."
The delegation members added that Iraq's next government will be based on real national partnership and it will not exclude or marginalize any bloc or list, indicating that the coalition and al-Iraqiya led by Ayad Allawi, had held serious and genuine talks and that 80 percent of the papers exchanged by both sides were agreed upon."
In the opinion of political observers, the Syrian Prime Minister's initiative to contact Maliki is a shift in the Syrian attitude towards Maliki, whose candidacy for the PM post was met by Syria's dissatisfaction; Maliki had actually held Syria responsible during the past years of supporting the dissolved Baath Party, accused of being at the origin of violence in Iraq.
Faleh al-Ziyadi, a member of the SLC told AKnews, "A delegation from the SLC will go to Damascus to meet the Syrian President, after the relations between both sides were strained over the post of prime minister, in which our coalition insisted to nominate Maliki. "
The disputes between Baghdad and Damascus escalated after Wednesday bloody bombings on Aug. 19, 2009, which killed and wounded hundreds of civilians; Maliki accused publicly and for the first time the Syrian government of providing support for the Baath Party,Yunis al-Ahmad wing, accused of said bombings.
A number of Iraqi officials visited Syria during the past few months, including Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of Sadr Current, Ammar Hakim, the head of the Supreme Islamic Council, Ayad Allawi, leader of al-Iraqiya list, Adel Abdul Mahdi, the Iraqi Vice President and Ayad al-Samarrai, the leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front, as the importance of forming a new Iraqi government was confirmed to ensure the participation of all segments of the Iraqi people.
http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/181231/
