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Foreign Affairs: swift action to protect Iraqis in Damascus
On: Friday 2/10/2012 7:50
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said Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ", however, Abawi," that the State Department took action to protect Iraqi citizens residing in Syria, you may get harassed them, "stressing that" the Syrian regime's survival depends on whether or not the Syrian people only.
Said Walid Abawi told the news the future, on Thursday, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and procedures have been developed at the disposal of the Iraqi embassy in Damascus in case of any emergency may occur in Syria, such as for harassment of Iraqi citizens residing in and progress in a timely aid different for them.
He Abbawi that "the situation in neighboring Syria raises concern not only Iraq, but even the Arab states and international, "noting that" the Iraqi government, represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working with other Arab states to resolve the crisis the Syrian "
The Abbawi that "survival of the Syrian regime or not depends on the Syrian people that Syria is an independent state and its people have fully sovereign "
Iraq had a reservation on economic sanctions imposed by the Arab League, Syria recently also voted against the decision of the university to suspend the participation of Syrian League meetings.
The United Nations announced on December 2 being that the proceeds of acts of repression against protesters in Syria exceeded 4-thousand people since the start of the protest movement popular in the 15 March 2011, and confirmed that it is seeking to persuade the Syrian government to allow international independent investigation Commission to enter the country, as said the agency "SANA" the Syrian official, that more than a thousand soldiers killed by the designated "armed gangs and Mendsan "seeking to undermine security and stability.
also revealed Abbawi for receiving Iraq assurances from most Arab countries to participate in the Arab Summit to be held on 29 March next, noting that the assurances included a well attended from all Arab countries.
added Abawi: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received assurances from all the Arab countries to participate in the Arab summit, where the wish expressed by some attendees through the head of state, while undertaking some other representation of a very high level.
He Abbawi to: that the committee assigned by the Prime Minister to provide invitations to attend the summit will begin round next week, where did not exclude any country.
He stressed that Iraq aspires to be involved at the level of heads of state and kings, noting that the government has created all the requirements for hosting the summit at the highest levels, has provided places of reception of delegations and provided the security aspects and there is no reason not to attend the Arab leaders.
At another point said the leader of the Iraqi bloc of parliamentary Salman Jumaili that the Iraqi List and some other blocks you wish to be asked the Iraqi government to the United States exemption from the application of sanctions on Iran, "national" and not in the interests of another State, noting that Parliament, in particular the relevant committees do not have a precise statement about the size of trade between Iraq and Iran.
Jumaily said that all the political blocs, including the Iraqi List, wish that the decision of the Iraqi government of the United States and the private exemption from the application of sanctions imposed on Iran starting point of the national interest of Iraq before it is in the interest of another country, noting that such a decision If overlap where personal interests, party or any kind of interest might drag in the country to the problems that do not praise Akbaha
The Jumaili: that the relevant committees in the House of Representatives of Iraq such as the economic, financial or other elves in question did not have the data or accurate statistics illustrate the magnitude of the interests that will be affected result of implementation of this resolution or failure to perform, which requires the Iraqi government and relevant ministries have been put to parliament data size of Iraqi interests of Iran.
The Iraqi government announced on Friday (the third of February, current), it will ask its counterpart U.S. Iraq is excluded from the sanctions imposed on Iran, just as Japan did, and while shown that the American decision to relieve certain states of the sanctions, confirmed that Iraq will be affected by the application of this prohibition, and in particular that the volume of trade exchange between the two countries up to 10 billion dinars.
Iran faces international sanctions restricting purchases of weapons, after they started years ago, an extensive program of arms and the development of its nuclear capabilities.
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