Saturday, October 16, 2010The Arab League announces the start of preparations to hold the next summit in Baghdad
Iraqi delegation to Cairo soon to negotiate a debt file
القاهرة ـ اسراء خليفة Cairo Isra Khalifa
The League of Arab States starting arrangements for the Arab summit to be held in Baghdad next month, while preparing the delegation of senior Iraqi to go to Cairo to discuss a debt Egyptian implications of Baghdad. The Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Ben Helli told a news conference attended by the "morning "
The Iraqi delegation representing the Presidency of the Republic and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Secretariat of the League in the past two days on the steps taken to hold the summit in Baghdad in March. He added that the Arab League General Secretariat has provided to the Iraqi delegation an overview of aspects of organizational and ceremonial, security and information used in the organization of conferences of Arab summits and events preparatory , stressing the desire of the university to take the steps and efforts all of which would contribute to the success of the summit. promised Ben Helli, these meetings as the beginning of a series of contacts and consultations to ensure coordination and cooperation in full between the Secretariat of the University and the host of the summit. On the other hand, the State Department announced that the Egyptian delegation from the ministries of finance and foreign affairs Aerakitin arrive Cairo soon to negotiate the debts of companies and Egyptian workers. and the Assistant Egyptian Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Ambassador Mohammad Qasim told a news conference attended by "morning," said officials from the two ministries will visit Cairo for talks to resolve the issue of debt outstanding for years, pointing to that the total debts owed by Iraq amounted to one billion and $ 800 million, including $ 900 million for Egyptian workers, which include out of their entitlements and benefits of a value that is indisputable collected from the Iraqi side with other government debts would be subject to negotiation, he said.
He added that Egypt enjoys the confidence of all Iraqis who can afford to support them and to cooperate with them, appeared during a meeting with leadership of Iraq during his visit to Baghdad this month, noting that this confidence is reflected in the facilities provided by the officials in the province of Kurdistan for the work of the Egyptian consulate which is scheduled to open in Erbil early next December, as well as to approve the establishment of an exhibition of Egyptian products next to the consulate. He revealed that Egypt will receive the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region, Dr. Barham Salih, during his planned visit in the last third of this month. and on the investment of Egyptian companies in the province of Kurdistan, said Assistant Minister of Foreign economic climate is well adapted to the presence of Egyptian investment in the region because of its stable security and economic guarantees granted by the government to investors. and about what poses the forthcoming Arab summit in Baghdad, said Ambassador Kassem: The Iraqis are hoping to hold the summit in Baghdad for a sense of warmth Arab and the Arab World stand with their cause, but to talk about the summit is premature at this time.
Alsabah
