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Riyadh's ambassador designate «Msear» in Baghdad
02.22.2012 0:00
Baghdad / Iraq's future
of Baghdad, confirmed yesterday that it would agree "promptly" on the nomination of Saudi ambassador to Jordan as a non-resident ambassador in Iraq, in a move that means the return of diplomatic relations, severed since 1990. He said Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, "We certainly welcome and will agree" to make "the Saudi ambassador in Amman, his credentials as a non-resident ambassador." Zebari described the move as "the index positive and very good sign for the normalization of relations" between the two countries. For his part, said Ali al-Moussawi, media adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said "The government welcomes this step and believe it is the first step, and wait steps complement the appointment of Ambassador resident in the country." He asserted that "Iraq accepted response to this request will be quick." He explained "we had the Iraqi Ambassador in the Kingdom for a long time, and we were waiting for this step." And said a Saudi official said earlier that the kingdom had made Monday to the Iraqi embassy in Riyadh nominate its ambassador to Jordan Fahd Abdul Mohsen Al-Zaid to be an ambassador is not a resident in Baghdad. The source said on condition of anonymity, "We (...) the nomination of Ambassador of the Kingdom of Jordan is not a resident ambassador in Iraq." pointing to "the application of the Iraqi embassy in Riyadh."
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