.Iraq invited to attend Annapolis conference
Baghdad, Nov 23, 2007 (VOI)- Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Friday said that it received an invitation to attend the Annapolis Middle East peace conference, to be held in the United States on November 27.
"The ministry received an invitation sent to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari from his U.S. counterpart Condoleezza Rice to take part in the conference," the ministry's deputy minister for political affairs Labied Abbawi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
"The government will discuss this invitation and our participation will be a political and moral one," he asserted.
"On Iraq's position regarding the issue, he said we support the Palestinian government," the official also said, noting that solving the Israeli-Palestinian cause will positively affect the stability in the whole region.
The U.S. State Department formally announced on Tuesday that the United States has invited representatives of nearly 50 countries and institutions - including Saudi Arabia and Syria - to sit down with Israelis and Palestinians in Annapolis on Tuesday in a conference designed to kick-start substantive peace talks in the region.
The conference at the U.S. Naval Academy will be "a signal opportunity" to launch bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Assistant Secretary C. David Welch told reporters, noting that it comes after "a long period in which there have been no such negotiations."
The Arab peace initiative follow-up committee has decided to accept a US invitation to attend the Annapolis Middle East peace conference on a ministerial level, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said Friday.
The committee took the decision as the agenda of the conference will deal with the peace process within an overall and complete frame, Prince Saud, who chaired the meeting of the committee added.
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Hey, maybe we could waterboard them all into submission once we have them all in one place...maybe not
"The ministry received an invitation sent to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari from his U.S. counterpart Condoleezza Rice to take part in the conference," the ministry's deputy minister for political affairs Labied Abbawi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
"The government will discuss this invitation and our participation will be a political and moral one," he asserted.
"On Iraq's position regarding the issue, he said we support the Palestinian government," the official also said, noting that solving the Israeli-Palestinian cause will positively affect the stability in the whole region.
The U.S. State Department formally announced on Tuesday that the United States has invited representatives of nearly 50 countries and institutions - including Saudi Arabia and Syria - to sit down with Israelis and Palestinians in Annapolis on Tuesday in a conference designed to kick-start substantive peace talks in the region.
The conference at the U.S. Naval Academy will be "a signal opportunity" to launch bilateral negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Assistant Secretary C. David Welch told reporters, noting that it comes after "a long period in which there have been no such negotiations."
The Arab peace initiative follow-up committee has decided to accept a US invitation to attend the Annapolis Middle East peace conference on a ministerial level, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said Friday.
The committee took the decision as the agenda of the conference will deal with the peace process within an overall and complete frame, Prince Saud, who chaired the meeting of the committee added.
Uruknet
Hey, maybe we could waterboard them all into submission once we have them all in one place...maybe not
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