October 18, 2011Quartet talks due in Baghdad between Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
Iraqi parliament announced on Monday that quartet talks will be taking place in Baghdad between Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to discuss pending issues in the region upon the initiative of Iraqi Parliament Speaker. “Iraqi parliament speaker Osama Al Nujaifi, who is attending the International ...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Quartet talks due in Baghdad between Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
Iraqi parliament announced on Monday that quartet talks will be taking place in Baghdad between Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to discuss pending issues in the region upon the initiative of Iraqi Parliament Speaker.
“Iraqi parliament speaker Osama Al Nujaifi, who is attending the International parliamentary conference in Swiss capital Bern, met on Monday with Iranian speaker Ali Larijani,” spokesman of parliamentary foreign relations committee Abbas Al Amiri told Alsumarianews. “Both parties agreed upon holding quartet talks in Baghdad between Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey,” he noted.
“The meeting was positive. Iranian Speaker showed positive interaction and did not oppose the initiative,” Al Amiri declared.
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“The initiative was made by Al Nujaifi. As a first step, the Saudi Parliament and new Turkish Parliament Speaker will be contacted in this regard,” Al Amiri added expecting the meeting to “tackle regional issues and set forth a resolving strategy.”
“Iraqi speaker suggested that Iraq hosts the quartet talks and hold them on a regular basis in the three concerned countries in view of dealing with urgent issues”, Al Amiri proposed. “This initiative is a start of a union that gathers influential parties to discuss pending issues in the region in addition to security, economic and political cooperation among regional countries,” he added.
“Iraq is now aware that it has the ability to deal with intense crisis through dialogue and not through tensed escalation,” Al ‘Amiri quoted Iraqi parliament speaker as saying.
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