Maliki's visit to Egypt launches calls for cooperation and hopes of reviving the Arab Cooperation Council in the face of the Gulf States
GMT Tuesday, 22 k 1 2009 17:48 GMT
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
He called the National Coalition for the common Jalal al-Saghir, the Iraqi government to strengthen the channels of cooperation with Arab countries, although the reluctance to enter the Iraqi arena, saying that the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Egypt aimed at activating the agreements signed earlier, had been expecting a political analyst to be able Iraq to revive the Arab Cooperation Council with Egypt to face the GCC countries.
The MP said the National Coalition Consolidated Jalaluddin al-Saghir said in an interview for "Alsumaria News," that "Maliki's visit to Egypt is very important because they aim to activate the agreements signed earlier between the two countries did not take yet in force," adding that "Egypt is one of the affected States and influential in Iraq, also plays a key role in the region. "
I call on the Iraqi government to "strengthen the channels of cooperation with Arab countries, although the reluctance to enter the Iraqi arena is very clear," pointing out that "the reasons for this reluctance is known politically," without giving further details.
The Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif met with Maliki in Cairo International Airport last Sunday afternoon on an official visit comes weeks after the arrival of the new Egyptian Ambassador Mohamed Sharif Kamal al-Din Shahin to Baghdad, following the absence of diplomatic lasted for four years following the kidnapping of former Egyptian Chargé d'affaires in Baghdad, Ihab al-Sherif in July 2005 and assassinated in the process of Al Qaeda claimed responsibility.
For his part, stressed Director, National Center of Information Ali al-Moussawi that "Maliki's visit to Cairo, which raised many questions, did not come to fill the vacuum in Arab relations with Iraq," noting that "the visit comes within the framework confirm economic and political cooperation between Cairo and Baghdad," he said.
Al-Mousawi said "Iraq is currently seeking to strengthen strategic cooperation with Arab and foreign countries, and this was clear from al-Maliki talks with the Egyptian side, which focused on the expansion of Egyptian investments in Iraq."
The President of the Government of Egypt, Ahmed Nazif said this week that Maliki's visit aims to activate the agreements signed and strategy between the two countries, expected to enter the coming period would witness investment companies to work in Iraq.
In the same vein, he described a political analyst Bob Jallow Maliki's visit to Cairo as "in breach of the Arab system based on the Arab world to isolate Iraq after 2003, and the failure of the Iraqi government to restore its relations with the Gulf countries, notably Saudi Arabia, for a period of four years," as he put it.
The Glue that "Egypt is trying to boycott Iraq, as do some Gulf states, because it considers itself a leader of the Arab world, which, when Iraq is trying to attract withdrawn from the department of Iran to the Arab department," he continued, saying, "as they need to support economic view of the severe economic difficulties face, it is easy tempted economic cooperation with Iraq, "according to the saying.
JLo and predicted that "Iraq is able to revive the Arab Cooperation Council with Egypt, which was established under the previous regime to address the GCC," asserting that "Saudi Arabia, Egypt is one of the largest regional competitors in the region."
The talks between the Iraqi and Egyptian on boosting Egyptian presence in Iraq, and activating the economic and trade relations and cultural rights in the framework of the joint committee meetings held in Cairo last month, headed by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, as well as the role they can play in alleviating the Al-Azhar sectarian tension in Iraq.
The talks also touched the issue of entitlements of some Egyptians, who have already served in Iraq, who had an estimated total of one and a half before Egypt more than twenty years, as well as the Iraqi debt owed to a number of Egyptian companies, as well as the conditions of Iraqi refugees coming to Egypt, estimated at about 100 thousand people.
GMT Tuesday, 22 k 1 2009 17:48 GMT
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
He called the National Coalition for the common Jalal al-Saghir, the Iraqi government to strengthen the channels of cooperation with Arab countries, although the reluctance to enter the Iraqi arena, saying that the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Egypt aimed at activating the agreements signed earlier, had been expecting a political analyst to be able Iraq to revive the Arab Cooperation Council with Egypt to face the GCC countries.
The MP said the National Coalition Consolidated Jalaluddin al-Saghir said in an interview for "Alsumaria News," that "Maliki's visit to Egypt is very important because they aim to activate the agreements signed earlier between the two countries did not take yet in force," adding that "Egypt is one of the affected States and influential in Iraq, also plays a key role in the region. "
I call on the Iraqi government to "strengthen the channels of cooperation with Arab countries, although the reluctance to enter the Iraqi arena is very clear," pointing out that "the reasons for this reluctance is known politically," without giving further details.
The Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif met with Maliki in Cairo International Airport last Sunday afternoon on an official visit comes weeks after the arrival of the new Egyptian Ambassador Mohamed Sharif Kamal al-Din Shahin to Baghdad, following the absence of diplomatic lasted for four years following the kidnapping of former Egyptian Chargé d'affaires in Baghdad, Ihab al-Sherif in July 2005 and assassinated in the process of Al Qaeda claimed responsibility.
For his part, stressed Director, National Center of Information Ali al-Moussawi that "Maliki's visit to Cairo, which raised many questions, did not come to fill the vacuum in Arab relations with Iraq," noting that "the visit comes within the framework confirm economic and political cooperation between Cairo and Baghdad," he said.
Al-Mousawi said "Iraq is currently seeking to strengthen strategic cooperation with Arab and foreign countries, and this was clear from al-Maliki talks with the Egyptian side, which focused on the expansion of Egyptian investments in Iraq."
The President of the Government of Egypt, Ahmed Nazif said this week that Maliki's visit aims to activate the agreements signed and strategy between the two countries, expected to enter the coming period would witness investment companies to work in Iraq.
In the same vein, he described a political analyst Bob Jallow Maliki's visit to Cairo as "in breach of the Arab system based on the Arab world to isolate Iraq after 2003, and the failure of the Iraqi government to restore its relations with the Gulf countries, notably Saudi Arabia, for a period of four years," as he put it.
The Glue that "Egypt is trying to boycott Iraq, as do some Gulf states, because it considers itself a leader of the Arab world, which, when Iraq is trying to attract withdrawn from the department of Iran to the Arab department," he continued, saying, "as they need to support economic view of the severe economic difficulties face, it is easy tempted economic cooperation with Iraq, "according to the saying.
JLo and predicted that "Iraq is able to revive the Arab Cooperation Council with Egypt, which was established under the previous regime to address the GCC," asserting that "Saudi Arabia, Egypt is one of the largest regional competitors in the region."
The talks between the Iraqi and Egyptian on boosting Egyptian presence in Iraq, and activating the economic and trade relations and cultural rights in the framework of the joint committee meetings held in Cairo last month, headed by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, as well as the role they can play in alleviating the Al-Azhar sectarian tension in Iraq.
The talks also touched the issue of entitlements of some Egyptians, who have already served in Iraq, who had an estimated total of one and a half before Egypt more than twenty years, as well as the Iraqi debt owed to a number of Egyptian companies, as well as the conditions of Iraqi refugees coming to Egypt, estimated at about 100 thousand people.