26/11/2011Zebari renew the reservation of Baghdad on the expected sanctions on Syria
Baghdad, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said his country's reservations on the imposition of economic sanctions against Syria, noting that the Arab League Secretary General will visit Iraq soon.
Zebari said at a press conference during his visit to Najaf that "economic sanctions on Damascus not approved yet," adding that his country "will take part in the meetings of the Arab League on this matter," noting that Iraq "has reservations about the imposition of these sanctions on Syria, because it a neighboring country as well as the presence of thousands of Iraqis residing in addition to the presence of commercial interests and a common economic."
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He explained that the purpose of his visit to Najaf came to see the province's preparations to host the activities of the project Najaf, the capital of Culture for 2012, and coordination with the High Commission in charge of supervising the organization of this project is to provide support.
Zebari stressed that his ministry would provide all the support required in this area and would urge States, officials and prominent Arab and Islamic countries to participate at the festival, announcing his ministry received a formal response from Qatar announces its desire to participate via the official delegation headed by Minister of Culture.
The Iraqi Foreign Minister to the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Arab, Nabil will visit Baghdad soon to discuss arrangements for the forthcoming Arab Summit in Baghdad, Iraq, stressing the right to host the Arab summit in Baghdad, describing this as "still a firm has not changed."
Zebari attributed the reason for the delay to the Arab summit Arab spring revolutions, stressing his country's desire to hold the summit in the timing and location decisions in Baghdad in March.
The Arab League announced on the fifth of May / May this year, to postpone the Arab summit which was scheduled to be held in Baghdad to March 2012, at the request of the Iraqi and Arab states agree after.
And on Iraq's relationship with Kuwait to accept Zebari said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's invitation of the Kuwaiti Prime Minister to visit Kuwait, without specifying the date of the visit, saying only that "all outstanding issues between the two countries will be discussed during the visit."
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