Emirates for lifting the embargo imposed on Iraq
United Arab Emirates-Iraq, Politics, 11/7/2000

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) deputy prime minister Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan said that the continued besiege of the Iraqi people raises "Humanitarian shame" at the daily death of thousands of Iraqi children.

In press statements issued on Monday by the UAE daily al-Khaleij, Sheikh Sultan added that the continued sanctions against the Iraqi people has doubled the sufferings.

The UAE minister who made these statements during his meeting with the British ambassador in the UAE Patrick Nixon, who ( the ambassador) handed him a message from the British Prime minister Tony Blair on the need of honoring international resolutions and implementing them. The UAE minister stressed that the continued siege of more than 10 years has greatly damaged the Iraqi people.

Concerning the situation in the occupied territories, the UAE official said that the situation was escalated because the " Zionist hatred has exceeded all humanitarian expectations." He called on the international community to make an initiative to halt the repeated Israeli brutality against the Palestinians and called on the UN to move quickly in order to halt the Palestinian bloodshed and to protect the innocent among elderly, women and children.

He called on Britain to play a greater role in the ME peace process on the ground that this country is qualified to do so, due to its close relations with the Middle East states.

Previous Stories:
  Emirate official: Saddam's writting of the Quran with his blood is prohibited   (9/26/2000)
  Iraqi soldiers were buried alive in the Gulf war, Iraqi paper says   (9/13/2000)
  Iraq re-opens its embassy in Abu Dhabi   (7/4/2000)

Please add a link on your webiste pointing to ArabicNews.com and bookmark ArabicNews.com & subscribe to our daily email news bulletin.

Search