Thursday, February 10, 2011 Talabani's visit to Syria on Saturday and Kuwait on February 20
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Alsumaria News / Damascus
Confirmed high-level Iraqi source in the Syrian capital Damascus, Thursday, President Jalal Talabani will visit Damascus at the head of a ministerial delegation next Saturday at the official invitation of his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, adding that Kuwait will be the second leg in 20 of the month.
The source said in an interview for "Alsumaria News" that "Talabani will pay an official visit to Syria next Saturday at the head of a ministerial delegation, in response to a call from Assad conveyed by Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari during his visit to Baghdad in mid-last month," noting that "the visit a four-day, two of which are official. "
The Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari arrived in Baghdad, January 15, on an official visit lasted one day, during which he met Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and senior Iraqi officials, and discussed with them the inter-relationship, also gave congratulations on the occasion of the formation of the Iraqi government.
The source, who requested anonymity, that "the delegation accompanying the President includes the Ministers of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari, and financial Rafie al-Issawi, oil, Abdel Karim and coffee, as well as Chairman of the National Investment Sami Araji, the President Office of the Presidency of the Republic Naseer al-Ani, and a number of officials and advisers in Iraqi government. "
The source pointed out that "the talks Talabani in Damascus will focus on strengthening bilateral relations and attempt to push for speedy implementation of agreements and memorandums of understanding signed between the two countries in various economic fields, especially oil and gas, as well as the situation in the region and the Arab Summit to be hosted by Baghdad at the end of next March" .
The Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem announced, on Wednesday before a delegation of the Kuwaiti Journalists Association confirmed that the presence of Syria in the event of the Arab summit held in Baghdad, stressing his country's insistence on holding the summit in time.
Damascus and supported the political process and the formation of the new government in Iraq after the turn the page on the differences that lasted for a full year on the back of Iraqi accusations that Syria is harboring Iraqi Baathists were behind the deadly bombings in August in Baghdad in 2009.
And bilateral relations see a big development at various levels, where the two countries signed memoranda of understanding for pumping of Iraqi oil through Syria to the world market after the maintenance of pipe connecting between the rights of Kirkuk and the Syrian coast and extending a new network of pipelines with a capacity of 1.3 million barrels per day, in addition to the understandings pump Iranian and Iraqi oil to Syria and from there to global markets.
It is also the first trade partner of Iraq to Syria three years ago by about 25% of the entire Syrian Foreign Affairs and Trade or the equivalent of three billion dollars a year, mostly in favor of Syria.
On the other hand, the source said, "Talabani will visit Kuwait on February 20 also to the participation of the Kuwaiti people in the celebrations on the occasion of Liberation," expected to "visit some Arab and regional states."
The Kuwaiti Prime Minister Nasser Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, on 12 January, he visited Baghdad with a delegation comprising Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem and Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Hamad Al-Jarallah and the Ambassador of Kuwait, the Panel retired to the insured and the advisor Kuwait Abu Diwan, where he held meetings with a number Iraqi officials, to discuss common issues and congratulations to form a government.
http://www.alsumarianews.com/ar/1/17205/news-details-Iraq%20politics%20news.html
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Alsumaria News / Damascus
Confirmed high-level Iraqi source in the Syrian capital Damascus, Thursday, President Jalal Talabani will visit Damascus at the head of a ministerial delegation next Saturday at the official invitation of his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, adding that Kuwait will be the second leg in 20 of the month.
The source said in an interview for "Alsumaria News" that "Talabani will pay an official visit to Syria next Saturday at the head of a ministerial delegation, in response to a call from Assad conveyed by Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari during his visit to Baghdad in mid-last month," noting that "the visit a four-day, two of which are official. "
The Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otari arrived in Baghdad, January 15, on an official visit lasted one day, during which he met Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and senior Iraqi officials, and discussed with them the inter-relationship, also gave congratulations on the occasion of the formation of the Iraqi government.
The source, who requested anonymity, that "the delegation accompanying the President includes the Ministers of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari, and financial Rafie al-Issawi, oil, Abdel Karim and coffee, as well as Chairman of the National Investment Sami Araji, the President Office of the Presidency of the Republic Naseer al-Ani, and a number of officials and advisers in Iraqi government. "
The source pointed out that "the talks Talabani in Damascus will focus on strengthening bilateral relations and attempt to push for speedy implementation of agreements and memorandums of understanding signed between the two countries in various economic fields, especially oil and gas, as well as the situation in the region and the Arab Summit to be hosted by Baghdad at the end of next March" .
The Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem announced, on Wednesday before a delegation of the Kuwaiti Journalists Association confirmed that the presence of Syria in the event of the Arab summit held in Baghdad, stressing his country's insistence on holding the summit in time.
Damascus and supported the political process and the formation of the new government in Iraq after the turn the page on the differences that lasted for a full year on the back of Iraqi accusations that Syria is harboring Iraqi Baathists were behind the deadly bombings in August in Baghdad in 2009.
And bilateral relations see a big development at various levels, where the two countries signed memoranda of understanding for pumping of Iraqi oil through Syria to the world market after the maintenance of pipe connecting between the rights of Kirkuk and the Syrian coast and extending a new network of pipelines with a capacity of 1.3 million barrels per day, in addition to the understandings pump Iranian and Iraqi oil to Syria and from there to global markets.
It is also the first trade partner of Iraq to Syria three years ago by about 25% of the entire Syrian Foreign Affairs and Trade or the equivalent of three billion dollars a year, mostly in favor of Syria.
On the other hand, the source said, "Talabani will visit Kuwait on February 20 also to the participation of the Kuwaiti people in the celebrations on the occasion of Liberation," expected to "visit some Arab and regional states."
The Kuwaiti Prime Minister Nasser Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, on 12 January, he visited Baghdad with a delegation comprising Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem and Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Hamad Al-Jarallah and the Ambassador of Kuwait, the Panel retired to the insured and the advisor Kuwait Abu Diwan, where he held meetings with a number Iraqi officials, to discuss common issues and congratulations to form a government.
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