Iraq to regain its Regional Status

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Aarabi said that the draft of Baghdad Declaration will be finalized and release at the end of the 23rd Arab summit.

“Iraq will regain its Arab and regional status and emerge as a source of power at the end of this summit,” al-Arabi noted, on Wednesday, in his opening speech at the Arab Foreign Ministers preparatory meeting held here.

He further said that the draft Declaration of Baghdad consists of nine points that will be discussed during the summit’s meetings. It will focus on the Palestinian issues, the situations in Syria and Yemen, the famine and poverty in Somalia.

It will also shed light on creating a nuclear weapons free-zone in the Middle East region as well as putting a stop to international terrorism.

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said, earlier, that Iraq agrees with the decisions concerning the Syrian crisis made by the Arab League and the UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.

The Arab Summit will be a strong comeback of his country after many years of international isolation, Zebari noted, according to KUNA.