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    Egypt, Jordan and Iraq come together on security concerns, economic interests

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    Egypt, Jordan and Iraq come together on security concerns, economic interests Empty Egypt, Jordan and Iraq come together on security concerns, economic interests

    Post by Rocky Sun 31 Mar 2019, 3:21 am

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    The March 24 meeting was particularly important to confront challenges during the post-Islamic State (ISIS) period.
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    Shared concerns. Jordanian King Abdullah II (L), Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at a meeting in Cairo, March 24. (AFP)
    CAIRO - Jordanian King Abdullah II and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi travelled to Cairo to discuss with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ways their countries could work together to address security and economic challenges.
    Analysts said the March 24 meeting was particularly important to confront challenges during the post-Islamic State (ISIS) period.
    “The three states are at the front line of the war against ISIS,” said Hassan Abu Taleb, a political analyst at Egypt’s Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies think-tank. “With the war against this terrorist group coming to an end on the ground in Iraq and Syria, ISIS militants will most likely search for another refuge, travelling through neighbouring countries, including Jordan, to get to it.”
    The visit to Cairo was Abdul-Mahdi’s first trip outside his country since becoming prime minister last October. It occurred just before an Arab summit in Tunisia.
    Abdul-Mahdi’s trip was also after a visit to Iraq by Iranian President Hassan Rohani, during which he tried to establish closer economic ties with Baghdad in his country’s bid to reduce the effects of US sanctions.
    Iraq is at the heart of a rivalry between the Arabs and the Iranians, with each side trying to draw the embattled country closer to its orbit. A statement issued by the three leaders highlighted the historical, social and cultural ties between the three countries and called for their governments to work together to enhance cooperation, “taking advantage of the potential offered by their geographical locations.”
    Closer cooperation between Egypt, Iraq and Jordan is also about existential threats facing them, analysts said.
    Both Iraq and Egypt have seen territory under their control fall into ISIS hands, with Egypt struggling with an ISIS presence in the Sinai Peninsula. A military operation involving all three branches of Egypt’s armed forces is in its second year of fighting ISIS, with efforts now focused on preventing ISIS militants fleeing the collapse of the group in Syria.
    Following a meeting with Abdul-Mahdi, Sisi called for the formulation of a mechanism to deal with the movement of foreign militants from conflict zones to other countries in the region.
    “This [the movement of foreign militants] is one of the symptoms of terrorism as a phenomenon, one that causes worries to us all after successes were made in defeating the terrorist ISIS organisation,” Sisi said.
    At the heart of future cooperation, analysts said, would be intelligence-sharing on the movement of suspected terrorists and security and political coordination between the three states to stop potential action by militant groups.
    In a statement, Sisi, King Abdullah and Abdul-Mahdi stressed the importance of fighting terrorism and countering those offering finance, arms, refuge or media support to militants.
    “The comprehensive war against terrorism must also be maintained, in the light of victories scored by Iraq in the war against ISIS,” the three leaders said.
    They said they would form a working group to follow up on the recommendations of their meeting and coordinate cooperation between their three countries.
    The Cairo meeting was also about economic interests, with Iraq preparing to reconstruct cities razed during the war against ISIS and Egypt and Jordan looking to provide construction expertise.
    Earlier in March, Haidar Nouri, the commercial attache at the Iraqi Embassy in Cairo, said Iraq had allocated $33 billion for 500 projects in areas destroyed in the fight against ISIS.
    At a conference on the reconstruction of Iraq, he referenced the support among Iraqi citizens for the presence of Egyptian companies in their country.
    Egypt, which has a sizeable unemployment rate, will look to open new markets for its construction industry. Jordan, which suffers the same problem, is an important conduit for the entry of Egyptian goods and workers into Iraq.
    During a meeting of the joint Egyptian-Iraqi Business Council, March 23, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli said Cairo would look to play a leading role in the reconstruction process in Iraq.
    “Economic cooperation between the three countries is extremely important now that each of them needs the other,” said Samir Ghattas, the head of local think-tank Middle East Forum for Strategic Studies. “Egypt stands to benefit a lot from participation in Iraq’s reconstruction and Jordan is also indispensable in this regard.”

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