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Iraqi talks - European in Baghdad next month
17/05/2012 0:00
Aimed at implementing the partnership agreement between the two sides
of Baghdad - Al Sabah
said the State Department for an agreement to hold talks between Iraq and the European Union in Baghdad next month to discuss the implementation of the partnership agreement between the two sides.
the ministry said in a statement yesterday: that the Minister Hoshyar Zebari met yesterday with the Polish Ambassador Stanoiv Smoln and Swedish Chargé d'affaires and the Director of the Political Section of the EU mission and discussed with them about the proposed visit by the three European foreign ministers of Sweden, Poland and Bulgaria to Baghdad next month. "
He said the ministry statement said "The visit of the three ministers aim to discuss with the Iraqi government for the implementation mechanisms of cooperation and partnership agreement between Iraq and the European Union and the political consultation on regional and international situations." He said, "Zebari expressed his welcome to this visit and take the necessary measures to achieve them. "
and signed by the foreign minister's High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union, Catherine Ashton last week, the strategic partnership agreement between Iraq and the European Union, where Zebari said at a news conference after the end of the signing ceremony: "Iraq will continue to develop relations with the European Union to include all areas of cooperation, in particular that the agreement is a comprehensive document long-term between the parties believe in the purposes and principles of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and committed to the principles of democracy. "
Sources close to the government that the partnership agreement between Iraq and the European Union that took place yesterday in Brussels include cooperation in 12 sectors
vital. According to sources, the "morning", the agreement includes areas, "the economic, trade, scientific and cultural rights, in addition to the energy represented by oil and electricity sectors as well as human rights and the fight against terrorism and organized crime, money laundering, illegal immigration and trafficking in stolen antiquities and them."
Observers believe that the partnership agreement is a new road map for building relationships with the countries of the European Union to correct and repair the path of cooperation between the two sides, after being hit by this relationship to fluctuations during the former regime because of the reckless policies, noting at the same time that this agreement would send reassuring messages and confirm that Iraq is ready to cooperate with everyone and not at the expense of one party or another, in reference to the United States and Britain.
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