Before proceeding .. Agreements with Saudi Arabia subject to discussions and additions within the pa

Friday, April 5,

announced that the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, said Friday that all agreements and treaties that have been signed with the Saudi delegation will be subject to discussions in the parliament, as well as hosted the stakeholders, stressing the need to serve the interests of the formulas out of Iraq and its people. 

Committee member Furat al-Tamimi said in an interview for Alsumaria News that "there is follow-up to the decisions and agreements that took place between Iraq and Saudi Arabia," noting that "some of them are technical and others need legislation."

"The opening of the border crossings and the free zone are important matters, in addition to opening the Saudi consulate and the benefits it will gain in facilitating the issue of obtaining visas and visa for the Hajj and Umrah season," he said, adding that "Iraq needs all these things, . 

"The Saudi delegation's visit and its results are the beginning of the development of relations between the two countries," Al-Tamimi said, adding that he hoped that the developments would be fully exploited. 

Al-Tamimi pointed out that "any agreements or treaties that are concluded must be presented within the parliament, as stipulated in the Constitution for discussion and study within the parliamentary committees, detailed in detail, and to come up with a formula that serves Iraq and its people."

Al-Tamimi stressed that "what is produced by the agreements with Saudi Arabia or other countries should be the interest of Iraq is above all, and all agreements will be subject to parliamentary legislation to the discussions and additions to personalities concerned with economic and commercial affairs, both ministries concerned or outside." 

The Saudi consulate in Iraq was inaugurated in Baghdad on Thursday with the presence of Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali al-Hakim and the head of the Saudi delegation to Iraq, Minister of Trade and Investment Majid al-Kasabi. The delegation was attended by nine ministers and dozens of officials and businessmen. 

The Saudi consulate in Baghdad, one of four consulates scheduled to open in Iraqi provinces, after decades of interruption of diplomatic relations between Riyadh and Baghdad. 

Saudi Investment Minister Majid bin Abdullah al-Kasabi disclosedOn Thursday, that Iraq gave the Saudi investors 186 investment opportunities, indicating that the idea was proposed to establish a free zone on the border port, as well as an agreement on the electric connection with Iraq. 




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