Sistani: the time has come for the departure of al-Maliki and Assad

Sistani: the time has come for the departure of al-Maliki and Assad

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Sunday , November 24, 2013



Said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Sunday that the Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani told his government that the time "has come to abandon the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power," while the more likely the possibility of his country's cooperation with Iran and Iraq to deal with the Syrian crisis .

news_19728.jpgSaid Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an interview with Channel ATV television local Turkish, said that his country "is preparing to find a formula of cooperation with Iran and Iraq to help solve the Syrian crisis," a proposal "to find a joint venture that will contribute to ensuring the stability of the region."
 Erdogan said, that "Iraq has struggled to maintain stability, which was destroyed by the attacks claiming the lives of hundreds of its citizens," adding that "Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will travel later to the United States and Iran, having visited Iraq two weeks ago and met with Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani and the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr . "
 He continued, Erdogan said that "al-Sistani told Davutoglu that the time has come to abandon the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad from power," pointing out that "diplomatic relations with Iraq, which has evolved in recent deepen through mutual visits and joint work on the stability of the region , "stressing at the same time that" his country does not want to mosques and churches to live the killings. "
 and pledged to Turkish Prime Minister, to "do what we have around a common, particularly as regards the security of the region," adding that it "would join Iran to the joint endeavors contribute in securing a greater opportunity to resolve the Syrian crisis. "
 was Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited Iraq, in (X of November 2013), and met with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who said during a meeting, on the willingness of Iraq's relations "firm and stable" with Turkey remain constant with the change of people and governments, returned to regional conditions require "cooperation and consultation" to establish the rule of "solid" in the region.
 was Ihsanoglu, met with Sistani, in (the 11th of November 2013), in Najaf, said at a press conference after the company of the Governor Najaf, Adnan al-Zurfi, said al-Sistani "safety valve against sectarianism," noting that al-Sistani called for "preventing sectarian strife and unity among Muslims," ​​and that the meeting it was "productive and useful," and that Ankara "appreciates the efforts of the reference and his calls to unite and reject the dispute."
 As he met Ihsanoglu cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, and said during a joint press conference that the Sadr family of families respected by not Turkey has to respect ", while stressing that he would work with his" friend, "the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to" stop the sectarian strife. "
 was preceded by a visit Ooglua to Baghdad, a visit by Zebari, on Thursday (24 October 2013), to Ankara, came to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries and discussed regional issues, and at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, while confirming the Turkish Foreign Ministry that the visit is to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries and discussed regional issues.
 saw the relationship between the Iraqi and Turkish governments strained as a result of divergent positions between them in many files, despite the economic interests of the big two, including the relationship between Ankara and Erbil, especially in the field of oil, and the position of the Syrian crisis, and the Turkish position of Iraqi opposition forces .

 


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Sunday that the Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani told his government that the time "has come to abandon the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power," 

"Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will travel later to the United States and Iran, having visited Iraq two weeks ago and met with Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani and the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr . " 

wow, haven't heard from Sistani in ages.....when he speaks, people listen!