Arabic News Weekly Edition for Iraq, 10/28/2002
Weekly Edition, Iraq - Week of October 28, 2002
- 40 Moroccan companies take part in Baghdad international fair Iraq-Morocco, Politics, 11/2/2002
- One British company at the Baghdad International Fair
The annual trade Fair was opened yesterday in Baghdad with the participation of 1200 companies from 49 Arab and European states, despite the beating of the American war drums against Iraq which stressed "confidence" in its friends at the UN security council "who will refuse" to approve the American proposed project in laying a new system of inspection for the Iraqi weapons. Iraq-UK, Politics, 11/2/2002 - Largest Saudi trade delegation to Baghdad in 12 years; Iraq re-opens Ar'ar border crossing
The Iraqi authorities yesterday re-opened the border Ar'ar crossing with Saudi Arabia to permit the passage of persons and commodities for the first time since its closure during the Gulf crisis in 1990. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 11/1/2002 - Any action on Iraq will conducted be in conjunction with arab friends, french fm
French Foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, who started on Wednesday a two-day visit to Morocco, said that any action concerning Iraq will be undertaken in "conjunction with our Arab friends." Iraq-France, Politics, 11/1/2002 - Talibani calls on the Arab states to support the Kurds by weapons; the war is after Ramadan Iraq-Syria, Politics, 11/1/2002
- Iraq, Iran exchange soldiers remains Iraq-Iran, Politics, 10/31/2002
- Iraq- Iran to discuss expanding cooperation
In a step that indicates the development of political relations between Iraq and Iran, the joint ministerial committee between the two countries will start its meetings in Baghdad next week. Iraq-Iran, Politics, 10/31/2002 - Baghdad accuses Washington of interfering with inspectors; Saddam's cousin calls on him to quit
Iraq has accused the US in interfering in the work of the UN inspectors even before those inspectors have set foot in Iraq, in remarks to the meeting the US President George Bush held yesterday with the chief of the UN inspection team Hans Blix and the director of the International agency for atomic energy Muhammad al-Baradi' at the White House. Iraq-USA, Politics, 10/31/2002 - Al-Watan: First Saudi trade delegation to pass through Ar'ar crossing on Thursday
The Jdidat Ar'ar border opening between Saudi Arabia and Iraq will on Thursday witness the passage of the first Saudi trade delegation including 101 businessmen and representatives of Saudi companies in an initiative which marks an actual inauguration of this crossing which has been closed since the second Gulf war, 12 years ago Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Economics, 10/29/2002 - Bahrain's prime minister and the Iraqi issue Bahrain-Iraq, Politics, 10/28/2002
- Returning back Kuwaiti archive to complete by Wednesday
The chairman of the second department at the Iraqi foreign ministry Ghassan Mohsin Hussein has expected the operations of returning back the Kuwaiti archive from Iraq to be finished by next Wednesday. Iraq-Kuwait, Politics, 10/28/2002 - Ar'ar border between Iraq, Saudi Arabia opens Wednesday
The Iraqi trade minister Muhammad Mahdi Saleh will open on Wednesday the Ar'ar complex near the borders with Saudi Arabia through which the Saudi goods exported to Saudi Arabia will pass for Iraq, in the framework of the "oil for food" program, besides the two states have recently agreed to establish a free trade zone. Iraq-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 10/28/2002 - Iraq: no need for new resolution concerning UN inspectors Iraq, Politics, 10/28/2002
- Some 35 Kurdish parties discuss Iraq's constitution
The chairman of the Kurdistani democratic socialist party, Muhammad Haji Mahmoud, said that the representatives of 35 Kurdish parties started in Iraq's Kurdistan yesterday a panel of discussing a federal project in Iraq, and the draft constitution they will propose to the Iraqi opposition parties after approving it in the united Kurdish parliament. Iraq, Politics, 10/28/2002 - Bousta: Turkish officials on the creation of a Kurdish state in northern Iraq
The Turkish officials who supervise planning of the Turkish police in northern Iraq stressed that it is impossible for the Kurds of northern Iraq to declare their independence, or to subjugate Karkouk city under their control and make of it a capital for them, unless they obtain the support of Washington, Damascus, Tehran and Ankara. Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 10/28/2002