Iraqi criticism for the conference of the Arab foreign ministers
Iraq-Regional, Politics, 8/27/2001

The Iraqi daily al-Thawra ( revolution) on Sunday strongly criticized the decisions of the emergency conference of the Arab foreign ministers, considering that these decisions constituted a step backward in confrontation of Israel towards the Palestinian Intifada.

The paper said that the decisions of the emergency conference which was held in Cairo last Wednesday which did not result even the simplest decision that should be taken, which is to sever political and economic relations with Israel showed the discrepancy and inability in the Arab lines.

The paper also criticized talking about secret decisions released by the conference attributed by news agencies to several diplomatic observers, calling for more diplomatic work in order to convince Washington to change its position towards what is going place in the occupied Palestinian territories.

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