Iraq calls for the creation of dialogue mechanisms between the countries affecting the Syrian situation
Today, Saturday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein called for “creating dialogue mechanisms between countries affecting the Syrian situation, to achieve stability in them.”
This came in a press conference in the capital, Baghdad, which he gathered with the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, who arrived in Iraq on an unlimited-time visit.
Hussein said, “He discussed with Aboul Gheit Arab relations in general with neighboring countries,” adding, “Some issues related to the work of the Arab League were discussed, and part of our discussion was the situation in Syria.”
Hussein stressed that “the unstable situation in Syria negatively affects the Iraqi situation, so it is necessary to work together to find ways of how to build dialogue mechanisms with various countries that have an impact on the Syrian situation (he did not specify them).”
In March 2011, popular protests erupted in Syria calling for an end to more than 49 years of rule by the Assad family and the peaceful rotation of power, but the Assad regime resorted to the military option against peaceful protesters, which plunged the country into a cycle of war.
