Posts Tagged ‘Amr Moussa’

Iraq Spent $450m on Postponed Summit

Posted: May 7, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Iraq spent $450 million [540 billion Iraqi dinars] in preparation for the Arab League Summit, which has now been postponed for a year.

The money was spent planting palm trees along highways, re-paving roads and restoring a palace of former dictator Saddam Hussein, according to a report from Reuters.

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said on Thursday the summit had been postponed to March 2012 after being put off twice this year amid regional turmoil and animosity towards Iraq by some Gulf Arab states after it criticised Bahrain’s crackdown on Shia’ite protesters.

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Iraq formally asks Arab League to postpone summit to 2012; Reserving rights to host

Posted: May 5, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Cairo, May 5 (Rn) – The League of Arab States to postpone the Arab summit in its twenty-third to March 2012, at the official request submitted by Iraq, while reserving the right to host the Arab summit on the said date.

The secretary-general of the Arab League Amr Moussa in a press statement in the presence of a reporter and news agency Kurdistan (Rn) announced today that “this decision was taken after a series of consultations conducted by the Secretary-General of the Arab League with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari during the month,” adding, “have also been taken this decision after a series of consultations took place between Iraq and the Arab countries. “

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Maliki sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the Arab League on the situation in the region

Posted: May 4, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD (Iba) .. The transfer of senior agent of the Ministry of the Interior Adnan Hadi al-Asadi, on Wednesday, a letter from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa did not reveal about their content.

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Signs of a new crisis between Iraq and the Arab League members because of the postponement of a meeting of Foreign Ministers

Posted: May 4, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Stressed the envoy of Iraqi Prime Minister, on Wednesday, the Arab League that it recognized by the Secretary General of the League Message from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, did not disclose its contents, refusing to make any statements after his meeting with Moses, with pointed political sources to the signs of a new crisis between Iraq and the Gulf states because of insist on the postponement of the summit.

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Arab League postpones meeting to determine fate of Baghdad summit

Posted: May 3, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Postponement of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers to mid-May the current

Arab diplomatic source revealed on Tuesday that the Arab foreign ministers decided to postpone the special meeting of the University Council of Foreign Ministers to be held on the fifth of May current, and expected to identify all the 13 or 15 of this month as a new target for the meeting.

The source said in an interview with “Alsumaria News”, “The Arab foreign ministers decided to postpone the Extraordinary Meeting of Foreign Ministers which was scheduled to be held on the fifth of May current,” attributing the cause to “the existence of links to a number of Arab foreign ministers, including the meeting of the International Contact Group on Libya in the Italian city of Rome. “

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Extraordinary meeting of Arab foreign ministers on Thursday and expectations of the timing nor the convening of the summit in Baghdad

Posted: May 2, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Stressed the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the Arab League, on Monday, that the Arab foreign ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting Thursday to discuss the postponement of the Arab summit, and the issue of choosing a new secretary general of the Arab League to succeed Mr. Amr Moussa, in a diplomatic source said that all possibilities are open, including the refusal to postpone the summit in Baghdad .

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Iraq Foreign Affairs suggest postponement of the Arab Summit to the year 2012

Posted: April 30, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Suggested the Ministry of State for Foreign Affairs, on Saturday, to postpone the Arab summit to be held in Baghdad from March 2012, asserting that Iraq was looking forward to take the Arab summit resolutions commensurate with the size of the crises that beset the region.

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ali Alsjeri in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “likely to be postponed Arab summit to be held in Baghdad to March of next year 2012″, attributing the cause to the “turmoil plaguing some Arab countries.”

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Arab League seeks to provide a meeting of foreign ministers and demand that its members not resist the movement of history

Posted: April 25, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Announced that the Arab League, on Monday, the start of consultations to advance the date of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers to discuss developments in the Arab countries, as called for States to achieve the reforms and stop the violence against demonstrators, carried the Arab governments responsible for the blood of its citizens being shed in order to achieve democracy, arguing that resistance to the movement of history bet is a loser and convicted.

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September next potential date for the Arab summit in Baghdad

Posted: April 20, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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“Al Sabah” from informed sources in the Arab League and Arab Foreign Ministers may determine at their upcoming, next September as the date for a summit Baghdad because of turmoil in the Arab countries.

The Arab League said yesterday to postpone the summit which was scheduled to be held on 11 and 12 of the next month, after decided to hold an emergency meeting of the Council of the League of Arab States at the level of Arab foreign ministers middle of next month to discuss a new date for the summit, according to the claim by the Deputy Secretary-General of the League Arab Ahmed Ben Helli said in remarks to reporters, including reporter, “morning”.

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Arab League Delays Summit on Regional Unrest, Will meet May 15 to set new date

Posted: April 20, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The Arab League announced on Wednesday that its members have agreed to postpone its summit, scheduled for May 11 in Baghdad, amid disputes over the venue and popular unrest rocking the region.

Arab foreign ministers will meet on May 15 to set a new date, Egypt’s state news agency MENA quoted the deputy secretary-general of the Arab League, Ahmed Ben Helli, as saying.

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Arab League announces postponement of Baghdad Arab summit

Posted: April 20, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD (Alsumaria News): The Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Ben Helli, today, and the tendency to postpone the Arab summit to be held in Baghdad in May next, stressing that the university has identified the fifteenth of next month, the current date for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers to set a date New to the summit and set a new secretary general to succeed Moses.

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Source reveals that Kuwait will participate in the summit of Baghdad, confirmed the request of Iraq held its timing specified

Posted: April 19, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Revealed an Arab diplomatic source, Tuesday, that the Kuwaiti government will take part in Arab summit to be held in Baghdad in May next, while referring to the existence of contacts between Iraq and Kuwait and the Arab League on the reduction of the level of representation the Gulf at the summit meetings, he stressed that Iraq has submitted a formal request to place the timing nor the specific in the 11 of May next.

The source said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “the Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, the Kuwaiti delegation participating in the high-level contacts to circumvent the controversy caused by some media statements on the” reduce the level of representation of countries of Persian Gulf in the meetings of the Arab summit planned held in Baghdad on 11 May next. “

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Iraq: Arab League to meet May 5th to decide fate of this years Arab Summit

Posted: April 19, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Arab meeting on the fifth of next month to decide on the summit of Baghdad

Cairo, April 19 (Rn) – The representative of Iraq to the Arab League on Tuesday, about contacts conducted by the Arab League to convene a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in the fifth month of May to decide on the next Arab summit in Baghdad.

The preparation for the meeting after it said Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said in a message on the site “Twitter” social last week, the Gulf Cooperation Council in a letter to the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Amr Moussa, the abolition of the Arab summit scheduled in Iraq.

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Arab League Sec General: Consultations now underway may postpone the Arab Summit

Posted: April 18, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Cairo, April 18 Zkralamin-General of the Arab League on Monday, that the Arab summit will be postponed in light of the consultations carried out with the Arab foreign ministers held an emergency meeting for postponement of the Arab summit which was scheduled to be held in Baghdad on 11 and 12 of the next month .

Said Amr Moussa, secretary general of the Arab League in a press statement in the presence of a reporter and news agency Kurdistan announced today that it was “presently conducting consultations with the Arab States to convene a meeting of Arab foreign ministers to agree to address the issue of the Arab summit which was scheduled to be held on 11 next in the capital Baghdad. “

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Source says Arab League must elect new secretary general – shouldn’t cancel summit

Posted: April 18, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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A source at the Arab League summit underlines the impossibility of cancellation of Baghdad

Announced a senior source at the Arab League for Alsumaria News impossibility cancel an Arab summit in Baghdad because of the Arab leaders are forced to elect a new secretary general of the League with the end of the mandate of the current Secretary-General Amr Moussa, the middle of May next.

Permanent Representative of Iraq to the Arab League Ambassador Qays al-Azzawi said in an interview with Alsumaria News that Amr Moussa, continuing communication effort to set a date for the meeting of Arab foreign ministers to discuss the fate of the summit. Azzawi said that Iraq is supported Egyptian to hold the next Arab summit in Baghdad in any case, whether held in time or postponed, adding that Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf told Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Egypt’s participation will be the highest level.

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No plans to postpone May 11 Arab summit

Posted: April 11, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s permanent representative at the Arab League Qais al-Azzawi said on Saturday that the AL secretariat and the Iraqi foreign ministry do not have plans to change the date for the convening of an Arab summit in Baghdad, scheduled for May 11.

“My information in the AL secretariat and the Iraqi foreign ministry that no Arab country has so far announced any requests to delay the Arab summit in Baghdad,” Azzawi said in statements to Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

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23rd Annual Arab Summit to be held May 11th in Baghdad

Posted: April 6, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Arab League: Summit will be held in Baghdad in a timely manner

Cairo, April 6 (Rn) – The director of the Office of the Secretary-General of the Arab League on Wednesday that the coming Arab summit at its twenty-third will be held in Baghdad as scheduled on 11 May next There was no talk about a delay.

Hesham Youssef said in a press statement in the presence of a reporter and news agency Kurdistan (Rn)
We have not received any requests yet for the postponement of the summit of Baghdad before any Arab country, and if we receive any proposal in this regard, we will deal with him in a timely manner, and therefore we are on the basis that the Arab summit will be held on time, which was agreed upon and put Iraq and was told of all the Arab countries , which is 11 / May Maewalmqubl.

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UPI: Allawi nominated to head Arab League

Posted: March 15, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Allawi edges al-Maliki in Iraq's Parliamentary elections

 

BAGHDAD, March 15 (UPI) — A party led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced it was proposing that Iraqiya leader Iyad Allawi lead the Arab League.

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa announced his intention to step down to run for president in Egypt. Moussa joins a list of candidates that includes diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohammed ElBaradei.

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Iraqi invitation for the candidate as Secretary-General of the Arab League

Posted: March 13, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The member of the Kurdistan Alliance, Mohsen al-Sadoun, Saturday, the various Iraqi political blocs to support the attached figure, to succeed Secretary General of the League of Arab States Amr Moussa, stressed Iraq’s right to nominate a candidate for the post.

Sadoun said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “Iraq has the right to nominate a local figure, posed for the post of Secretary-General of the Arab League, because this position is not limited to Egypt, but the right of any Arab state nomination to him,” calling on “all Iraqi political blocs to support the Iraqi nominate a person for the job, because it would be a source of pride for Iraqis. “

The MP for the coalition of state law Falh called in a press statement a few days ago to nominate the existing Iraqi President Iyad Allawi for the post of Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa to succeed.

In this regard, Saadun that “the nomination process depends on the acceptance of the existing Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi for the position,” pointing out that he thought that “Iyad Allawi, the result is the one who will choose what suits him.”

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Allawi nominated for the post of Secretary General of the Arab League

Posted: March 10, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Deputy called for a coalition of state law, the five, the leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, for nomination to the post of Secretary General of the Arab League as a figure acceptable Arab

The MP said Ali Allawi Alfalh person acceptable and I am an Arab of any candidate to be secretary general of the League of Arab States, succeeding Amr Moussa.

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Arab leaders will hold summit beginning March 29; Iraq’s first Arab Summit since 1978

Posted: February 14, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Iraq has not hosted an Arab League summit since 1978 (File)CAIRO (AFP)
Arab leaders will hold their annual summit in Baghdad on March 29, officials said Monday, in defiance of threats by Islamist insurgents waging a campaign against countries planning to take part.

The meeting also comes at a critical time for the region’s mainly autocratic leaders, after two popular uprisings ousted two Arab presidents in less than two months amid mounting calls for political and economic reform.

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Arab League chief says he will leave office soon; Potential Egypt presidential candidate

Posted: February 12, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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CAIRO, Feb 11 (KUNA) — Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said Friday he would leave office soon.

“I will leave the Arab League in weeks,” Moussa said in a statement to Egyptian TV, but it was not clear whether he would be resigning on background of events in Egypt, or it will be the end of his term.

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Iraq’s Representative in Arab League hails Egyptian people; Summit to be in Baghdad as planned

Posted: February 12, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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2/12/2011 8:48 AM

CAIRO / Aswat al-Iraq: Iraq’s Permanent Representative in the Arab League, Qais al-Azzawi, has hailed the Egyptian people, who he said “have managed to lead their revolution to impose their will,” reterating that “there is no intention to change the time or venue of the Arab Summit, scheduled to convene in Baghdad next March.”

“Iraq hails the Egyptian people, who led their revolution very cautiously during the past three weeks to impose their will, an unprecidented incident, because the revolution was led by the Egyptian youth and not the parties, and secondly because they acted in a complete civilian and inviolent means to achieve their demands,” Azzawil told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Saturday.

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Arab League: Arab Summit will be March 29-30; Denies postpone rumors

Posted: February 9, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Arab League: Arab summit will be held in Baghdad in the 29 of March or postponement of the date

The League of Arab States Summit that the twenty-third regular session in Baghdad, on 29 and 30 of next March, denying reports about to postpone the summit until the end of the crises experienced by some Arab countries.

Director of the Arab League and the official file on Iraq’s Ambassador Jarush said that the statements concerning the postponement of the summit is the personal efforts, stressing that the delegation sent by the university to Iraq recently has returned a good impression about the preparations and arrangements Alastdhavip security, logistics and others.

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Arab League delegation to visit Baghdad to prepare for summit

Posted: January 24, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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An Arab League delegation to visit Iraq soon in preparation for the summit Baghdad

Cairo (Rn): An official with the Iraq issue in the Arab League today connote a delegation from the university soon to Iraq to get acquainted with the ongoing preparations for the convening of the Arab Summit in Baghdad next spring.

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Arab Economic Summit stresses on development to protect national security

Posted: January 20, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Reflected the recommendations of the Arab economic summit, which ended in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday, preoccupied with trying to draw lessons from the Tunisian experience, they stressed the need to achieve comprehensive development in order to preserve national security after being a «serious challenge facing the Arab countries» is added to the political challenges , and made 158 billion dollars to implement an emergency program for the security of Arab food until the year 2030.

He warned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose country holds the chairmanship of the summit that «the development is the issue of the future and the survival and fate and a prerequisite for Arab national security», urged the President of the Summit the previous Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, to avoid points of difference of political «and focus on the opportunities and challenges and economic variables ».

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Zebari: We agreed with all Arab countries to participate in Baghdad

Posted: January 19, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Parts and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, the road in front of skeptics in the Arab summit in Baghdad next March, when he announced the agreement with all Arab states to participate.

The announcement comes in, Arab leaders hold their convention in the second socio-economic resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, amid widespread public grumbling of the difficult living conditions in a large number of Arab countries.

Zebari said in a statement the “morning”: “has been laying the groundwork for the first summit,” noting that he met the foreign ministers of all Arabs, and they agree to attend the Arab summit in Baghdad.

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Zebari discuss with Hillary Clinton Iraq hosting the upcoming Arab League summit

Posted: January 19, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Research and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari by telephone with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Baghdad to host an Arab League summit scheduled for next March in addition to the partnership the U.S. – Iraq.

The statement said the U.S. State Department last night said that Clinton telephoned Bzibari to express support for the reintegration of Iraq continued in the region and highlighted the host Iraq to the Arab League summit.

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Egyptians Minister of trade and transport affirms the determination of Egypt to strengthen Economic and trade relations with Iraq

Posted: January 18, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Met with Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Rose Nuri Shaways Chairman of the Delegation of the Republic of Iraq Poster meetings of the Economic and Social Council preparatory to the summit of the Arab Economic and Social Development, which began its activities at the level of Arab foreign ministers today and continue its activities for three days, along with Messrs. Rashid Mohamed Rashid, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Acanutorala Din Mohamed Fahmy Egyptian Minister of Transport,

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Iraqi president to ask Arab Leaders to support Iraq’s bid to the World Trade Organization

Posted: January 16, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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A senior official said on Sunday that the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will travel to Egypt on Tuesday to represent Iraq in the Arab League Economic Summit which begins on January 19 in Sharm al-Sheikh. Arab Summit, Jalal Talabani

Chief of staff at the President’s office Nasser al-Ani, said that Talabani will stress the importance of the economic role the Arab nations can play in Iraq in light of improvements to the country’s security situation.

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