Iraq might restore its membership in Gulf institutions
Iraq-Gulf, Politics, 12/8/2003

Kuwait's foreign minister Sheikh Muhammad Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah on Saturday announced that the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC states will discuss during its next summit by the end of the current month the issue of Iraq's return to certain institutions in the council.

The Kuwaiti minister said that the "question of Iraq's return back to take part in certain activities of the GCC will be discussed during the next summit of the GCC states, due to be held on December 22nd in Kuwait.

He said that Iraq "used to take part in the activities before 1990, but the invasion of the Iraqi regime of the state of Kuwait resulted in expelling Iraq from all activities it used to take part in."

Member of the Interim governing council in Iraq, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, announced earlier in Kuwait that his country wants to be a full member in the GCC, considering that Iraq is a Gulf state and meets the conditions for joining the GCC. He said "we consider that new Iraq, which is an Arab Gulf state, should become a member in the Gulf Cooperation Council after the elimination of obstacles used to be hindering this because of the toppled regime."

He added that his country can give a strong support to the GCC, noting that he had received positive answers to his request from Gulf states that he did not disclose in name.

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