28/11/2011
Zebari: Arab summit will be held next March in Baghdad
Announced the support of State for the activities of Najaf, the capital of Islamic culture
Najaf Hussein Kaabi
at the time of announcing the Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the ministry puts all of its potential for the success of the events marking Najaf, the capital of Islamic culture in 2012, stressed that the Arab summit will be held in Baghdad on schedule in March.
The Zebari during a joint press conference held in Najaf governor Adnan al yesterday: The «Arab summit, the list will be on time in the Iraqi capital Baghdad».
He stressed that «the right of Iraq to establish the Arab summit in Baghdad remained constant did not change, declaring that «the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Nabil Arab would arrive in Baghdad soon to discuss arrangements for the coming Arab summit. He attributed the Secretary of State around the time of the summit to the changes and recent events known to the Arab world.
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and the Arab League on the fifth of June, the postponement of the Arab Summit was to be held in Baghdad in March of 2012 at the request of Iraq after the consensus of Arab States due to the new reality is not appropriate for the summit in time past. and on the position of Syria, Zebari said: The «economic sanctions on Syria not approved yet, and that Iraq will be participants in the meetings for that. He revealed that« Iraq has reservations about the imposition of economic sanctions on Syria because it is a neighboring country in addition to the presence of thousands of Iraqis living there, as well as commercial and economic interests shared between the two countries.
and on Najaf, the capital of Islamic culture, he said, Zebari: «The Foreign Ministry is seeking to make this celebration by encouraging states and leaders for the active participation of their delegations at the event«, indicating that the State of Qatar will participate for the first time a delegation at the level of Minister of Culture and the decision of Emery, which told him during his recent visit to Qatar.
Increased Zebari saying: «The ministry is prepared in terms of protocol and protocol and reception, and there are angels, both in the ministry or in the province of Najaf, adding that the ministry is prepared to provide facilities in terms of transport and the required documents.
With regard to his visit to Najaf, Zebari said: «I came for the purpose of coordination and consultation with local government to find out what is required specifically by the ministry for the success of the event, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of all its possibilities at embassies and missions », pointing out that the establishment of this event is a challenge for the Iraqi government entirety, but not limited to the local government in Najaf.
Celebration of Najaf, a major national project for everyone must come together to make it successful. In turn, the governor of Najaf, Adnan al-Najaf, said private enterprise the capital of Islamic culture are going smoothly is high, denying that there is any confusion at work, and the opening events will be scheduled on the fifteenth of March 2012.
He Zurfi that the opening will be attended by the ministers of culture of Arabs and Muslims and a gathering of dignitaries who were invited, adding that the hotel next to the city of culture will begin to receive guests in the first of March next, in addition to the creation of 20 hotels an additional sector-specific for the reception of guests of Najaf during the celebration activities.
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