Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 4/22/2002
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of April 22, 2002
- Iraq demands end to UN sanctions
Iraq intends to ask the UN in the forthcoming round of talks to lift the sanctions imposed on it and to honor its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Iraq-International, Politics, 4/27/2002 - Annan, Sabri to meet by the beginning of May
The UN has announced that its secretary general Kofi Annan will meet with the Iraqi foreign minister Naji Sabri by the beginning of May in order to continue dialogue between the two sides on the future of the relations between the two sides and the fate of the question of the UN inspectors, while Iraq will start by the end of April a new political campaign to prevent the UN Security Council from imposing new sanctions. Iraq, Politics, 4/26/2002 - UN Compensation Commission plundering Iraq
Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri said the UN Compensation Commission has accepted too many claims of reparations and plundering its money. Iraq, Politics, 4/25/2002 - Iraqi foreign minister meets UN official
Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri on Tuesday met Head of UNIKOM Gen. Mivel Morneo and affirmed that Iraq would continue cooperating with UNIKOM. "He stressed the necessity to achieve all its tasks by monitoring and informing about violations which were perpetrated by the US and British warplanes in the demilitarized zone and over Iraqi territories," Iraq, Politics, 4/24/2002 - Iraq, Indonesia oil cooperation
Iraqi Oil Minister Amir Mohammed Rasheed and his Indonesian counterpart Mr. Bornomo Sjiantor, signed two documents. The first includes a contract between Indonesian Bertamina Company and Iraqi Oil exploration Company to explore a site situated in the west of Karbala province and Najav in the Western Sahara. Iraq-Indonesia, Economics, 4/24/2002 - New border openings between Saudi Arabia, Iraq
The Saudi daily al-Jazira said in its Monday's issue, quoting well-informed sources that preparations have started to open border outlets between Saudi Arabia and Iraq to permit the transit of Saudi commodities to the Iraqi territories, according to the oil for food program. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 4/23/2002 - Iraqi oil stoppage caused higher prices Iraq-Regional, Politics, 4/22/2002
- Iraq has met its obligations towards the UN
"Iraq has called to establish a group for peace-loving countries that believe truly in the principles of the UN so as to correct the current faults in the UN agencies driven by the US hegemony, to assure democracy in the international relations and respect sovereignty and human rights," said Iraq Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/22/2002 - Secret meetings between American officials, Kurdish leaders Iraq-USA, Politics, 4/22/2002