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Iraqi PM invited by Saudi Arabia’s King
25 Mar 2015
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has invited Iraqi PM Haidar al-Abadi for a visit to the kingdom. This definitely looks like the biggest sign of improving bonding between the countries after decades of tension.
Details of the invitation have not been released yet by Iraqi PM Office. It will be the first visit of any Iraqi PM. The invitation will bring better relationship between Riyadh and Baghdad.
Iraq and Saudi Arabia have found new opportunities for each others’ cooperation, as both of them want to fight against Islamic State group, which is seen as global threat.
Saudi Arabia hopes Abadi will do more to include Iraqi Sunnis in the government than Maliki did, and will prove more able to distance himself from Iran. It is noteworthy that Iran is one of the biggest friends of Iraq, while at the same time, Iran is one of biggest regional foes of Riyadh.
"His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia in his turn expressed Saudi Arabia's desire to open horizons of cooperation with Iraq ... and gave an invitation to Prime Minister Abadi to visit Saudi Arabia," said the statement on Abadi's office's website.
Last year, Riyadh stated that it will reopen its Baghdad embassy, which was closed in August 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, but ensuring the mission's security is complicating the process, diplomats in the Gulf say.
According to Wikileaks, when U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq in 2003, Saudi Arabia used to consider Baghdad's leaders as little more than puppets for Tehran.
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25 Mar 2015
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has invited Iraqi PM Haidar al-Abadi for a visit to the kingdom. This definitely looks like the biggest sign of improving bonding between the countries after decades of tension.
Details of the invitation have not been released yet by Iraqi PM Office. It will be the first visit of any Iraqi PM. The invitation will bring better relationship between Riyadh and Baghdad.
Iraq and Saudi Arabia have found new opportunities for each others’ cooperation, as both of them want to fight against Islamic State group, which is seen as global threat.
Saudi Arabia hopes Abadi will do more to include Iraqi Sunnis in the government than Maliki did, and will prove more able to distance himself from Iran. It is noteworthy that Iran is one of the biggest friends of Iraq, while at the same time, Iran is one of biggest regional foes of Riyadh.
"His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia in his turn expressed Saudi Arabia's desire to open horizons of cooperation with Iraq ... and gave an invitation to Prime Minister Abadi to visit Saudi Arabia," said the statement on Abadi's office's website.
Last year, Riyadh stated that it will reopen its Baghdad embassy, which was closed in August 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, but ensuring the mission's security is complicating the process, diplomats in the Gulf say.
According to Wikileaks, when U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq in 2003, Saudi Arabia used to consider Baghdad's leaders as little more than puppets for Tehran.
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