Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 7/3/2000
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of July 3, 2000
- US today: Iraq restores back conditions of pre-desert storm conditions Iraq, Politics, 7/8/2000
- High ranking Jordanian official heads soon to Baghdad
It is expected that a high ranking official in the Jordanian government to officially visit to Baghdad this month heading a large Jordanian economic delegation to strengthen bilateral relations between the two states and revitalize it as it used to be. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 7/7/2000 - Baghdad negates U.S accusations Iraq-USA, Politics, 7/6/2000
- Iraqi officials use Syria instead of Jordan for their trips
The return of Iraqi trade minister Mohammed Mahdi Saleh home through Damascus and his meeting there with Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Mostafa Miro came to assure that Iraqi officials are no longer choosing the Jordanian capital Amman as a station to start and end their Arab and international visits. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 7/6/2000 - Iraq, Saudi Arabia plan to restore remains of Saudi pilot died in Gulf war
Saudi Arabia and Iraq have approved a plan set by the International committee of the Red Cross ICRC to restore back the remains of the Saudi pilot Muhammad Nazira whose plane was downed in Iraq during the Gulf war in 1991. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/5/2000 - Arab League chief confers with former UN official
The Secretary General of the Arab league AL Ismat Abdul Miguid on Tuesday in Cairo received the former assistant secretary general of the UN Dennis Halliday, who was also former UN coordinator for humanitarian issues in Iraq who resigned in protest of continued sufferings of the Iraqi people. Iraq, Politics, 7/5/2000 - Algero-Iraqi joint commission will start on July 10 Algeria-Iraq, Economics, 7/5/2000
- Iraq re-opens its embassy in Abu Dhabi Iraq-United Arab Emirates, Politics, 7/4/2000
- Syrian prime minister meets with Iraqi minister
Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro on Monday in damascus received Iraq's minister of trade Muhammad Mahdi Saleh and members of the accompanying delegation. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 7/4/2000 - Establishing 6 new petroleum refinery in Iraq
Amer Rashid the Iraqi petroleum minister assured that Iraq is establishing 6 small petroleum refineries, the first of which is to begin later in the current month. Iraq, Economics, 7/4/2000 - Abu dhabi, Iraq restore diplomatic relations
The United Arab Emirates and Iraq have restored diplomatic relations after a ten-year break up following the 1990 Gulf war. United Arab Emirates-Iraq, Politics, 7/3/2000 - Syria for developing relations with neighboring states
The London-based al-Hayat daily said Sunday that during the 9th regional congress of the Baath Arab socialist Party, Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk al-Shara debated an intervention which was only dedicated to develop relations with the neighboring states, including Iraq, Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 7/3/2000 - Al-Sahaf denies Iraqi contacts with Israel Iraq-Palestine, Politics, 7/3/2000
- Some 1.3 million Iraqi children died because of UN sanctions
The Iraqi ministry of health said on Saturday that victims of the sanctions imposed on Iraq since 1990 until the end of May 2000 increased to 1,351,535. Iraq, Politics, 7/3/2000