Posted 22/02/2012 05:11 AM
Beirut - "squares of liberation"
quickly associates of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a warm welcome the move of Saudi Arabia appointed an ambassador to Baghdad, though not always, played with expert close to the Saudi political decision-making circles in Riyadh to play down the move.
MP "State law" Sami al-Askari, the media adviser's current prime minister, Ali al-Moussawi, the media adviser and former deputy now Yassin Majeed, appreciated the step Saudi Arabia, especially since it carried the positive signs ahead of Baghdad, in terms of ensuring a "Arab Summit", and came after the message transfer and Minister of Foreign Affairs United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed, and included a request from the "GCC" provides that "the end of Baghdad bet on the possibility of the survival of al-Assad in power against the opening up of Gulf and Saudi implicitly on Iraq and on the summit to be hosted."
MP for the coalition of "state law" Yassin Majeed said "The decision to Saudi Arabia appointed non-resident ambassador in Baghdad came at the right time, it represents a message on a desire to clear the air between the two countries, and the development of bilateral relations in various fields," he added during a press conference in Baghdad that "Step Saudi Arabia reflects the desire of Arab states in the return of Iraq to the Arab world. "
For his part, expressed Saudi political analyst and an expert in Arab affairs and international Jamal Khashoggi believed that "the decision to Saudi Arabia appointed an ambassador to Iraq is not an indication of the possibility of improved relations between the two countries, but the need Istdeiha preparation for the Arab summit in Baghdad ".
Questioned Khashoggi is close to the decision-making circles in Riyadh, and worked at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, "the possibility of Saudi participation in the summit" to be held in Baghdad in the twenty-ninth of next month, he said in remarks to the radio "Radio Sawa" U.S. "The changes that will occur in the region do not indicate a breakthrough soon. "
Khashoggi predicted that "witnessing the situation in Iraq deteriorated as a result of differences between the political blocs and the developments in Syria."
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