May 15, 2011
Iraq participates in today's emergency meeting of Arab League Council
Zebari's: tend to the Egyptian candidate for the succession of Moses Cairo - Esra Khalifa Participate Iraq today in the emergency meeting of Arab League Council at the level of Arab foreign ministers. And received Permanent Representative of Iraq to the League of Arab States Qays al-Azzawi, who will represent Iraq at the meeting, the mandate of President Jalal Talabani to vote on a new secretary general of the Arab League, succeeding Amr Moussa, who ends mandate today.
And was nominated for the post of Secretary General of the Arab League are the two Arab Egypt for its candidate, Mostafa El Feki, Qatar for its candidate, Abdul Rahman al-Attiyah. It is said that Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the "morning" during his recent visit to Cairo that "Iraq is inclined to the Egyptian candidate valuation of the revolution the Egyptian and the great achievements of Egypt, so must occupy important positions in the joint Arab action, especially the post of Secretary General of the Arab League" . and announced the Arab League that it got a diary delegated official of the Arab leaders to the heads of Arab delegations that will participate in the extraordinary meeting of Arab League Council at the level of Arab foreign ministers to appoint a new secretary general of the Arab League.
The Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Ben Helli's "morning" yesterday: that the Secretariat formally requested that the Arab leaders to give the mandate of the Heads of Delegations participating in the emergency meeting of the Council of the University and for the recruitment of the Secretary-General of the Arab League so that there is no statutory forms in the selection of the Secretary-General in particular, especially as the Arab League Charter states that Appointment of the Secretary-General is the prerogative of the Arab leaders, due to the postponement of the summit next March to Baghdad at the request of Iraq, obtained by the Secretariat notes the mandate. Ben Helli said that the issue of appointment of the Secretary-General would be by consensus from among the candidates, Egyptian, and the country.
The Deputy Secretary-General that there are second item on the agenda under the title Any other business will be discussing the request by Palestine to obtain a decision from the university council for the renewal of financial support for the annual decision of the Palestinian Authority $ 660 million U.S. dollars which is the amount approved by the Arab summit every year and decided to offer This subject to foreign ministers, due to postponement of the Arab summit.
He explained that the latest developments in the Arab world are expected to be raised by some Arab states or the Secretary-General with the concurrence of two thirds of the members as a condition for discussion.
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