Syria statement on Iraq's neighboring states FM s' meeting

Director of the Foreign Media Department at the Foreign Ministry, Bushra Kanafani declared that Foreign Ministers of the Neighbor States Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Jordan and Syria will hold a meeting in Damascus on the 1st and the 2nd of November.

Foreign Ministers are to discuss during the first session the issue of the participation of a representative from Iraq in these meetings.

The Damascus meeting is the fourth for the group following Istanbul's, Tehran's and Riyadh's meetings.

The meeting will deal with the repercussions of the situation in Iraq on the neighbor states and on the security and the stability of the region.

Iraq's foreign minister Hoshiar Muhammad Zeibar is invited to participate in the meeting although the meeting will not deal with the internal situation in Iraq.