Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 5/21/2001
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of May 21, 2001
- Turkish army incursion into the Iraqi territories Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 5/26/2001
- Baghdad wants strategic relations with Damascus
The Iraqi news agency said on Wednesday that Iraq and Syria have agreed, in conclusion of the meetings of the third session of their joint committee to increase the volume of trade exchange and holding joint projects in the areas of agriculture, industry and transport. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 5/25/2001 - On the Iraqi oil
Oil sources in London on Thursday expressed their conviction that Iraq continues to pump more than 100,000 barrels of oil daily to Syria, without an official announcement in that, despite the current American pressures in order to put the Iraqi oil exports to the neighboring states under control, while Baghdad has considered the "smart sanctions" US project aims to " squeezing it" stressing that this project will be doomed to failure. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 5/25/2001 - Iraq, Syria for boosting trade, economic relations
Syrian minister of economy and foreign trade Muhammad al-Imadi on Tuesday in Baghdad announced that Syria and Iraq are discussing in meetings of the third session of the joint Syrian- Iraqi committee trade and economic relations between the two states. Iraq-Syria, Economics, 5/23/2001 - Damascus denies Miro visit to Baghdad
The press office of the Syrian prime minister Muhammad Mustafa Miro denied the Iraqi news on the visit of the Syrian prime minister Miro to Baghdad which an Iraqi official said it was presumed to be made on Monday ( yesterday), The Syrian prime minister press office announced that there is no schedule visit for Miro. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/22/2001 - Al-Imadi to Baghdad today
At the invitation of the Iraqi minister of commerce Mahdi Saleh, the Syrian minister of the economy and foreign trade Muhammad al-Imadi will leave today for Iraq in an official visit to Baghdad which will last for three days during which he will preside over the Syrian side to the meetings of the Syrian- Iraqi joint committee. Syria-Iraq, Economics, 5/21/2001 - On relations between Syria and Iraq
The London- based al-Hayat daily issued on Sunday said that the Syrian government showed great caution in dealing with the issue of the new sanctions system on Iraq expected to be debated in a joint British- American project to adopt a new decision by the UN Security Council. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/21/2001 - On relations between Syria and Iraq
The Jordanian daily al- Arab al-Youm ( Arab today) described the arrival of the Syrian diplomat Muhammad Hassan al-Tawab to Baghdad on Friday to chair the Syrian interests office there as a step revealing the development of relations between Syria and Iraq. Syria-Iraq, Politics, 5/21/2001 - Russia rejects US proposals on new Iraqi sanctions
The US has failed to convince Russia on Friday to support its proposals for imposing a new system of UN sanctions against Iraq. Iraq-USA, Politics, 5/21/2001