Baghdad condemns postponement of Arab foreign ministers meeting

Iraq has officially condemned the Arab league decision to postpone up to next January 24 the Arab foreign ministers meeting which was scheduled last week.

A spokesman for the Iraqi foreign affairs ministry termed the decision as "a dangerous precedent" violating the league's functioning rules.

"It is a dangerous precedent because no Arab league meeting has ever been canceled or deferred in the past due to the refusal of a minority of its members," the spokesman said.

The Arab League has justified the postponement by the request made in this regard by three countries of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council.

Iraqi media condemned the postponement, which it said, was ordered by Washington to absorb the Arab people's anger triggered by the US-British missile strikes.