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The eyes of western Baghdad summit: the absence of most of the leaders of the Gulf was a message for the owners
Posted 30/03/2012 08:46 AM
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It was interesting bays, except for the absence of leaders, Emir of Kuwait, which promise to the report of a Western "message Gulf on the attitudes of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki," as was stated by Qatari Prime Minister.
Did not attend the summit, only ten of the Arab leaders, including Iraqi President, of the 22 member countries of the university, and amid a growing rift between the Arab countries on ending the conflict in Syria.
Avctaj summit of Baghdad yesterday (AFP)
The report said that Iraq had hoped that the promise hosted the summit his return to the Arab fold after two decades of isolation, but there is no more than half of Arab leaders and the ability of militants to launch attacks despite the security operation huge that Iraq is still in front by quite some to go before that return to normal life completely and re-integration in the Arab world.
The Emir of Kuwait, the only leader among the leaders of six Gulf countries, who attended the summit.
Reflects the absence of five leaders of the Arab Gulf States, also sees the report of the Associated Press, increase tensions between Sunnis and Shiites in the region in the wake of uprisings Arab spring, which was launched last year, especially the uprising against the Alawite regime in Syria with a Sunni majority and the uprising of Bahrain's majority Shiite-ruled year, according to the agency.
The prime ministers of Qatar and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, told Al Jazeera television on Thursday evening Wednesday that the low representation of the level of state at the summit was a "message" to the Shiite majority in Iraq in order to stop what he called the marginalization of the Sunni minority.
According to the report has dominated the Western majority Shiite government in Iraq since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The Sunnis in Iraq complain that the government led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the concentration of power in the hands of the Shiites. There is a growing willingness of Sunni-majority provinces in access to self-rule as a means of escape from the dominance of the Shia.
The Prime Minister said that the country "Qatar wants the Iraqi government to resolve this issue in a way unites the Iraqi people and give everyone their rights through a dialogue involving all parties."
Iraq and hosts the annual Arab summit for the first time since 1990, and is keen to show he came out of years of turmoil and the U.S. occupation. But hanging over the issue of Syria's attempt to gain acceptance from Baghdad before other Arab countries, which have deeply suspicious of Iraq's relations with Iran.
Relations between Iraq and the Gulf Arab states also tense because of criticism of Iraqi Shiite politicians and religious leaders to campaign Bahrain Shia protesters who have called for more economic opportunities and put an end to what they see as discrimination by the ruling Sunni family.
He has met on Wednesday with Foreign Minister of Bahrain on the sidelines of the Arab summit, and later told Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told reporters that Bahrain will not be on the agenda of the summit, a decision that appears to be a waiver by the hosts.
It seems the position of Syria Another point of dispute between the Gulf and Iraq, it is among the options being considered by the Gulf States is arming the rebels, the Syrians and the creation of a safe haven for the opposition along the Turkish-Syrian border to serve as a shelter or humane point of departure for anti-regime forces. Such a move could require assistance from Turkey - a country which is in a better position to defend such a safe haven - but Ankara has so far seemed reluctant to Ankara. For the Gulf states, will remove a broken-Assad Syria's alliance with Iran, and cut off the influence of Tehran, which now extends from Iraq through Syria to the Mediterranean coasts.
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