Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 9/18/2000
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of September 18, 2000
- A new free zone area on the Iraqi- Syrian borders
The director general of the Iraqi free trade areas Bustam al-Janabi has stated that foundations have been laid for a new free trade areas on the Iraqi borders with Syria. He added these foundations include other services and warehouses. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 9/23/2000 - French plane breaks sanctions, lands in Baghdad
a French plane landed at Baghdad for the first time since ten years in a flight between Paris and Baghdad Iraq-France, Politics, 9/23/2000 - Beginning of Arab committee for lifting sanctions off Iraq today in Cairo
Meetings of the Arab committee for lifting the sanctions off Iraq began today in Cairo. Egypt-Iraq, Politics, 9/23/2000 - Iraqi opposition faction refuses discussion with Washington to topple Hussein
The supreme council for the Islamic revolution in Iraq - one of the Iraqi opposition factions - assured the non existence of any discussion or agreement between it and the U.S administration to topple the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Iraq-USA, Politics, 9/23/2000 - Baghdad signs transactions with European companies for establishing an electricity station
The Iraqi news agency said that Iraq signed 70 million dollars contracts with European Companies to resume building electricity stations in north the country as the work in it stopped during the second Gulf War in 1991. Iraq, Economics, 9/22/2000 - Jordan negates a dispute with Iraq concerning commercial protocol Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 9/22/2000
- There is no obstacle in front of the Jordanian prime minister's visit to Iraq
Taleb El-Refaei, the Jordanian information minister assured yesterday that "there is no obstacle preventing the prime minister Ali Abu El-Ragheb from paying an official visit to Iraq whenever he wants." Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 9/22/2000 - Jordan's premier in Iraq: 1st visit of the kind in 10 years
Jordanian prime minister, Ali Abu Ragheb, will visit shortly Iraq in the first visit to Iraq by such a high-ranking Jordanian official in 10 years. Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 9/20/2000 - Syrian efforts to contain war of words between Iraq and Kuwait
According to sources it did not identify, the Qatari daily al-Watan expected the Syrian diplomacy to make intensive moves in the Arab Gulf region to contain the tension currently taken place in the region, resulting from the "war of words" between Iraq and Kuwait. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 9/20/2000 - Iraqi delegation from the civil aviation to visit Moscow on coming Sunday
An Iraqi delegation comprising 70 officials from the civil aviation will visit Moscow to discuss the technical steps to resume the trips to reopen the bureau of the Russian airlines in Baghdad. Iraq-Russia, Politics, 9/20/2000 - Reda group for the Egyptian public arts participates in Iraqi international festival
The Reda group for the Egyptian public arts is flying today to Baghdad to fulfill the invitation of the Iraqi culture and information ministry to represent Egypt in the Babel 12th international festival for the public arts whose activities are to begin the day after tomorrow and lasts for 10 days. Egypt-Iraq, Culture, 9/20/2000 - Iraq does not threaten any one, official says
Chairman of the Arab and foreign relations at the Iraqi national council (parliament) Salem al-Kubeisi said on Monday that Iraq does not threaten any one, nor have the intention to attack any one, rather is determinant to restore back its rights. Iraq, Politics, 9/19/2000 - Russian plane takes 120 European figures to Iraq
A group of 120 European figures, comprising businessmen and members of the European parliament, will go to Baghdad this September 29 on a Russian flight, reports the Russian media. Iraq-Russia, Politics, 9/19/2000 - Iraqi president accuses the west over the fuel crisis
Iraq's President Saddam Hussein has accused the west of tightening its fist on the oil producing countries so as to be able to buy the oil at lower prices. Iraq, Economics, 9/19/2000 - Russian civil airplane flies to Baghdad airport Iraq-Russia, Politics, 9/18/2000
- Kuwait calls on the world to take measures against Iraq
Baghdad on Sunday renewed its accusations against Kuwait of stealing 300,000 oil barrels of the Iraqi oil every day and called for returning back these amounts. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 9/18/2000