Monday, February 19, 2024

Iraq submits a request to host the Arab summit in 2025, 19 FEB

Iraq submits a request to host the Arab summit in 2025

Shafaq News / The Iraqi government announced, on Monday, a request to host the Arab summit in 2025, while it envisaged a comprehensive rehabilitation of some presidential complexes, which include a number of major guest houses, which were previously occupied by some ministers and deputies, which made them need to carry out a maintenance process.

The spokesman for the Iraqi government, Bassem Al-Awadi, said in a statement to Shafaq News: “Given the restoration of Iraq’s deserved role regionally and globally, and in line with the government’s tendency to strengthen its position and convey the positive truth about him, which began to take root instead of that distorted, due to the difficult circumstances that our ancient country was able to overcome with vigor and the sacrifices of its children, Iraq submitted an application to host the 2025 Arab Summit in the capital, Baghdad, and the government seeks to complete the elements of this hosting in accordance with the guests of the leaders of Arab countries in accordance with diplomatic norms and in line with the status and reputation of the host country, so the government began to prepare and provide the necessary requirements for this.”

He added that “the isolation suffered by Iraq during the dictatorship, and our war against terrorism throughout the past era did not give the opportunity to rehabilitate the basic infrastructure of the state to allow hosting important and large regional and global events, which missed many opportunities in which Iraq could have played an active and influential role in the international arena.”

The government spokesman explained that “in the face of the above and in order to prepare for the Arab Summit in Baghdad in 2025 and other international events related to Iraq, which were previously held in neighboring or regional countries for the above reasons (to end this abnormal situation), the need has become urgent to prepare the necessary infrastructure, including the rehabilitation of the government hospitality headquarters that are significantly and clearly visible.”

He pointed out that “After the circulation of a document on social media platforms indicating the rehabilitation of a number of (the role), it was necessary to note that the government has decided to comprehensive rehabilitation of some presidential complexes, which include a number of major guest houses, which were previously occupied by some ministers and deputies, which made them need to conduct a comprehensive maintenance and rehabilitation process. The Ministry of Construction and Housing has prepared the required statements and according to its price and technical determinants, and presented them to the Council of Ministers for approval and obtained approval by the decision of the Council on 2024/2/7.”

“We hope to be precise in the transmission of information and to miss the opportunity on those who seek to falsify the facts and harm the reputation of our dear country,” he concluded in his statement.

https://www.shafaq.com/ar/سیاسة/العراق-يقدم-طلبا-لاستضافة-القمة-العربية-في-2025

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