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Zeibari in Amman: we will ask for a new UN resolution

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The Jordanian King Abdullah II has called during his meeting with the Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zeibari for the unity of the Iraqi people in confrontation of the attempts " to implant sedition," while Zeibari explained that the Iraqi governing council "will ask for a new resolution at the UN that legitimize the process of authority transfer."

The Jordanian "Petra news agency said that the king stressed during his meeting with Zeibari on that the "unity of the Iraqis and their solidarity and determination to build their country constitute the security valve against all attempts aiming at implanting sedition in Iraq and among the one people of Iraq." He, on the other hand, expressed "the appreciation of the Iraqi people and the efforts and initiative carried out by Jordan to support the people of Iraq and enabling them building its own institution.

Zeibari who is carrying the first official visit to the Kingdom, held a press conference with his Jordanian counterpart Marwan Muasher during which both of them announced the formation of a joint committee to discuss matters of concern to the two states especially security coordination and the frozen Iraqi assets. Zeibari also announced that his country will ask the next Arab summit in Tunisia to help in rebuilding Iraq and making more efforts to control and monitor joint borders to prevent sneaking operations via borders, considering that "all suicide operations taking place are from non- Iraq elements sneaked via borders." Zeibari said "we will call for a new resolution at the UN that provides for authority transfer of legitimacy ( for the Iraqis from the occupation authority on June 30.)

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