The expected Baghdad regional summit .. What will it achieve for Iraq?

[size=52]The expected Baghdad regional summit .. What will it achieve for Iraq?[/size]

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Baghdad will host a regional summit at the end of this month, which is expected to achieve an understanding between some of the opponents (Reuters)
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13/8/2021

[size=45]Baghdad  - In light of the confused internal conditions in Iraq, the government is completing its preparations for holding a regional summit scheduled for the end of this month with the participation of the neighboring role. The summit is scheduled to discuss the problems and challenges the region is going through, especially the escalation in Lebanon and Yemen and the targeting of ships in the Gulf, as well as Baghdad's political support. and economically.[/size]
[size=45]On the sidelines of the meeting - which is expected to witness high-level representation from the participating countries - there will be bilateral and tripartite meetings between the parties in the region to resolve many controversial files, most notably water quotas and the accompanying dispute between Turkey, Iraq and Iran, in addition to the file of the US withdrawal from Iraq As well as the discussions between Iran and the United States regarding the nuclear deal.[/size]

[size=45]It is no secret that the main objective of the upcoming summit is to attract the world to Iraq's leadership once again in the region, in addition to strengthening the economic components of the state by encouraging investment and openness to capital and technology, enhancing job opportunities, as well as developing the Iraqi economy.[/size]
[size=45]And the head of the Center for Political Thinking, Ihsan Al-Shammari - confirms - to Al-Jazeera Net - that sending invitations to the leaders of countries is a sign that Iraq has completed the preparations for the summit, especially since this meeting will support the positive neutrality taken by Iraq and will strengthen its diplomatic relations with the countries of the world, enabling it to restore its leading role, as well as From working to stop foreign interference in its affairs.[/size]
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Controversy before the summit

[size=45]The Foreign Relations Committee of the Iraqi Parliament confirms that it is not aware of any information about the summit and its agenda, and that the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not inform the Parliamentary Committee of any details related to a meeting that includes leaders of Iraq’s neighboring countries and some countries affecting the Iraqi scene, says committee member Amer Al-Fayez.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Fayez explained - to Al-Jazeera Net - that the internal problems that Iraq suffers from are only a reflection of the external conflict, and zeroing these problems begins with settling the crises experienced by the external parties, so that the Iraqi interior will be stable.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Fayez - who did not rule out in his speech the existence of a defect in the implementation of the outcomes of the summit - confirms that the current government headed by Mustafa Al-Kazemi is only two months old, as legislative elections will be held next October, and the government will accordingly turn into a caretaker government, and this period The short time will not allow the implementation of these outputs, which explains the transfer of the summit's recommendations to the next government.[/size]

Mediation matures

[size=45]Iraq, which seeks, through the summit, to reduce the tension between the two largest rivals in the region, namely Saudi Arabia and Iran, will use the summit to bring together views, which will reflect on the safety of the countries of the region.[/size]
[size=45]And the Iraqi politician Rahim Al-Aboudi indicates - to Al-Jazeera Net - that Iraq has left international isolation and will work through the upcoming summit to establish its role as a mediator in the region to reduce the tension between America and Iran or Saudi Arabia and Iran, and Al-Aboudi continues by saying that the upcoming summit will witness side meetings on the sidelines of the meeting In the region, an American delegation will meet with another Iranian to discuss the Iranian nuclear file and ways to stop the clashes affecting the interests of the two parties in the countries of the region, in addition to another joint meeting that will be held on the sidelines of the summit between Tehran and Riyadh to resolve the problems between them.[/size]
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conditional support

[size=45]Active political forces in Parliament - such as the Al-Fateh Alliance, which includes the blocs supporting the Iraqi factions - praised the government's step in hosting a regional conference, but they set conditions for this support, which makes it imperative for the Prime Minister to observe those requirements.[/size]
[size=45]In this regard, the spokesman for the Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq movement, Mahmoud al-Rubaie, says - to Al-Jazeera Net - that the Al-Fateh alliance seeks for Iraq to restore its sovereignty, position and role in the Middle East and the world, so it is necessary that the Baghdad regional summit be held on the basis of sovereignty and independence that it violates Foreign military presence.[/size]
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Active participation

[size=45]As a result of the conflicts in the region that turned Iraq into an arena for settling scores between some regional parties, the summit comes under circumstances that are of great importance in mitigating the conflict, especially that the main parties that will participate in this meeting have reached 8 countries, according to Al-Shammari, who is Saudi Arabia. Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Turkey and Jordan, in addition to Egypt and Iran.[/size]
[size=45]The head of the Center for Political Thinking indicates that French President Emmanuel Macron will be present, along with representatives of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, as well as the Secretary-General of the Arab League and the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.[/size]
[size=45]This high-level participation and representation reflects Iraq's restoration of its role in the region, according to the professor of international relations, Ali Fadlallah, who says - to Al Jazeera Net - that Iraq's success in organizing this summit will be met with complex and complex diplomatic tension and spasm between the countries of the region, and therefore the map of relations will not be affected. So quickly, but the Iraq regional summit will be the first bold step to extinguish some of what he called diplomatic fires between the countries of the region.[/size]
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