Riyadh denies what Baghdad said about the cancellation of debts owed by Iraq

Riyadh denies what Baghdad said about the cancellation of debts owed by Iraq

Political Since 2017-03-30 at 20:40 (Baghdad time)

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia denied recently what was published on the website of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry about the intention of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to cancel the previous debts incurred by Iraq.
A Saudi official source denied the report, published by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, which quoted Saudi Minister Adel al-Jubeir as saying the kingdom's intention was to cancel Iraq's previous debts.
The source stressed Saudi Arabia's keenness to build the best relations with Iraq and to intensify communication between the officials of both countries at the highest levels, which was reflected in the meeting between the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and the Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abbadi on the sidelines of the recent Arab summit, Held in Jordan.
In a statement issued on March 23, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir assured his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari of his country's intention to cancel its previous debts owed to Iraq, the Foreign Ministry said. He said Saudi Arabia is seeking to open a flight from Riyadh to Baghdad and Najaf. Strengthening the relationship between the two countries.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari met with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on the sidelines of a meeting of the international coalition against a pro-American organization in Washington.
"The two sides agreed on the need to exchange visits between officials of the two countries, including the ministers of trade and industry, in the coming period to increase the volume of trade exchange," the ministry said. , Investment, "in addition to the need of Iraq.
The statement said that Al-Jubair revealed "the intention of the Kingdom to cancel the previous debts incurred by Iraq," noting that "his country seeks to open a flight line from Riyadh to Baghdad and Najaf in the framework of strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries."
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir visited Iraq last February on a visit to Saudi Arabia, the first foreign minister since 1990. He met with Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and discussed with them anti-terrorism and cooperation files between the two countries.
Estimates of Saudi Arabia's debts to Iraq vary, according to Iraqi experts, from $ 16 billion to $ 30 billion, with no figures announced by the government of the two parties.

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Saudi Arabia denies its intention to cancel the debt owed by Iraq


History of edits:: 2017/3/30

{Baghdad: Euphrates News} official dismissed the Saudi Foreign Ministry source said on Thursday, his country's intention to cancel the previous debt owed by Iraq.

The news agency quoted Saudi Arabia, the source, denying "the site published by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry about the intention of Saudi Arabia to cancel the previous debt owed by Iraq."
The statement of the Office of Foreign Minister Ibrahim al - Jaafari, quoted Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al - Jubeir, during a meeting with al - Jaafari , in this March 23, on the sidelines of the international coalition meeting against Daesh terrorist gangs in the US capital Washington, revealing " the intention of the Kingdom to cancel the previous debt owed by Iraq" , pointing to "his country is seeking to open a flight route from Riyadh to Baghdad and Najaf in the context of strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries" .anthy

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Saudi Arabia: No truth to the site published by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry for the previous intention of debt cancellation to Iraq


Written by : by mohanad in:March 30, 2017



said Saudi Foreign Ministry on Thursday that what was published by the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom forgotten dropping its debts from Iraq are untrue to him.

The publication of the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), a foreign ministry official Saudi source of subsidiaries, "Noor News" that "the news published in the Iraqi Foreign Affairs of the Republic and the Ministry website Alhqiqih attributed to Foreign Minister Mr. Adel Al-Jubeir, for revealing the intention of the Kingdom to cancel the previous debts owed by Iraq, stressing not the health of what was in the news. "

The source confirmed "the Kingdom's keenness on building better relations with the brotherly Republic of Iraq, and the intensification of communication between officials of the two countries at the highest levels."

He added, "which is reflected in the meeting, which was between the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Haider al-Abadi, on the sidelines of the recent Arab summit held in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan works."

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