Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 3/26/2001
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of March 26, 2001
- New Turkish border gate with Iraq Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 3/31/2001
- The UN Security Council and the Kuwaiti prisoners and missing in Iraq
Members of the UN Security Council on Thursday called on Iraq to reveal the fate of Kuwaitis and other persons of various nationalities missed since 1990. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 3/31/2001 - Izzat Ibrahim, al-Sahaf extend their stay in Amman
Baghdad radio said on Thursday afternoon that deputy chairman of the revolution's leadership in Iraq Izzat Ibrahim has extended his visit to Jordan. The Arab country which was assigned by the Arab summit to follow up contacts to reach reconciliation between Baghdad and Kuwait. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/30/2001 - Morocco, Iraq hold 9th session of joint commission
Baghdad will also host an exhibition of made-in-Morocco food, pharmaceutical, electronic and mechanic products with the participation of 120 Moroccan companies. Morocco-Iraq, Economics, 3/29/2001 - Al-Assad meets with Izzat Ibrahim Syria-Iraq, Politics, 3/28/2001
- Saudi Arabia will not permit its land to be used for military acts against Iraq Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 3/28/2001
- UN chief confers with Iraqi officials in Amman Iraq, Politics, 3/28/2001
- US, Britain to tighten sanctions on Iraq
British sources in London said on Tuesday that Britain and the US are drawing plans to tighten sanctions imposed on Iraq through expanding the scale of civil trade and deploying UN inspectors along the Iraqi borders with the outer world so as to minimize smuggling activities from and into Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/28/2001 - An oil pipe line between Iraq, Jordan
The Iraqi ministry of oil secretary Taha Hammoud has announced that the ministry will send an Iraqi consultation delegation to Jordan to discuss the establishment of an oil pipeline between the two states. Iraq-Jordan, Economics, 3/28/2001 - The Arab foreign ministers and the Iraqi question
Several Arab foreign ministers on Sunday evening met with their Iraqi counterpart Muhammad saeed al-Sahaf in a last attempt to reach a unanimous stand concerning the Iraqi question before convening the Arab summit due to be held Today and tomorrow in Amman. Regional-Iraq, Politics, 3/27/2001 - Al-Faisal: sanctions imposed on Iraq failed
The Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal stressed that his country is for lifting the sanctions imposed on Iraq. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 3/27/2001 - New border gate between Turkey and Iraq Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 3/27/2001
- Intensive efforts to contain inter-Arab differences at Amman summit
Moussa noted that the Iraqi side requested ending the international sanctions, placing the issue of Iraqi missing-inaction on the summit's agenda in case Kuwait insisted on raising the issue of Kuwaiti prisoners of war and ending the air embargo over parts of Iraq which, Baghdad argues, was not based on a Security council resolution. Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/26/2001 - A historical message from Saddam Hussein to the Summit conference Iraq-Regional, Politics, 3/26/2001