Thursday, November 2, 2023

Iraq's unstable conditions prompt the postponement of the "Third Baghdad Conference", 2 NOV

 Iraq's unstable conditions prompt the postponement of the "Third Baghdad Conference"

An informed government source revealed, today, Thursday, that the holding of the “Third Baghdad Conference” has been postponed until further notice after it was scheduled to be held at the end of last month.

The source told Shafaq News Agency that the countries participating in the “Third Baghdad Conference” demanded that the conference be postponed due to the unstable conditions Iraq is witnessing due to the escalation of attacks against American forces, and with the fear of an escalation of these attacks and the American response to them, and with warnings from some countries. From traveling to Iraq.

The government source added that the "Third Baghdad Conference" has been postponed until further notice, and no new date has been set for it. The date will be linked to stabilizing the situation and stopping the escalation of the armed factions against the American forces present with a number of Iraqi military forces.

The "Baghdad 2" conference was held on December 22, 2022, at the King Hussein bin Talal Convention Center on the coast of the Dead Sea, after a first session held in the Iraqi capital in August 2021 at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron and Iraq.

The conference was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron, Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani, Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, European Union foreign policy official Josep Borrell, who coordinates the Vienna negotiations on the Iranian nuclear file, and Enrique Mora, the European Union coordinator for these talks. In addition to the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and a number of other Arab foreign ministers. link

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