AMMAN — Efforts to support Iraq in achieving
comprehensive development and building economic integration in various sectors
were a focus at the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership (Baghdad
II), which concluded Tuesday.
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The conference was hosted by Jordan at the Dead Sea and saw
the participation of regional powers alongside officials from the EU.
The areas of
cooperation highlighted included energy, water, electric linkage, food
security, health, transport, infrastructure projects, and climate action,
according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
Following is a transcript of the final communique of the
Baghdad conference in its second round:
In light of the decision taken at the conference held in
Baghdad on August 28, 2021, and at the invitation of His Majesty King Abdullah,
in coordination with His Excellency President Emmanuel Macron of the French
Republic and His Excellency Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani of the
Republic of Iraq, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan hosted the Baghdad Conference
for Cooperation and Partnership in its second round at the Dead Sea on December
20, 2022.
Participants in the conference expressed appreciation to the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for hosting the conference. Jordan and Iraq also
thanked the French Republic for its role in coordinating the launch of the
conference and participating in two rounds.
The participants reaffirmed the continuation of efforts to
build on the outcomes of the first round of the Baghdad Conference and step-up
cooperation with Iraq, in support of its security, stability, and sovereignty,
as well as its democratic and constitutional processes, in addition to its
efforts to promote dialogue as the means to resolve regional differences.
They also underscored their solidarity with Iraq in the face
of all challenges, including terrorism, over which Iraq achieved a historic
victory through great sacrifices and international and regional cooperation.
The participants reaffirmed their condemnation of extremism
and terrorism in all its forms. Also, they renewed their support for Iraq in
its efforts to develop its constitutional democratic process and consolidate
the rule of law and good governance while building institutions capable of
proceeding on the path toward further progress, reconstruction, safeguarding
achievements, and meeting the aspirations of its people.
The participants stressed their support for Iraq’s efforts
to achieve comprehensive development and work with it to build economic
integration by cooperating across a multitude of sectors, including energy,
water, electric connectivity, food and health security, transportation,
infrastructure, and climate action. In this context, the participants
highlighted the importance of the trilateral cooperation framework between
Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq and the joint economic projects agreed on through this
mechanism, including electric connectivity projects.
They also stressed the importance of joint projects between
members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Iraq in electric connectivity and
transportation, as well as other regional projects that contribute to economic
integration, development, and building bridges with global markets, while
reflecting positively on the entire region. In addition, the participants
stressed that holding the conference in its second round underlines keenness on
supporting Iraq’s central role in expanding regional economic cooperation and
building bridges of dialogue to end tensions and establish regional relations
of mutual benefits.
The participants also reaffirmed that achieving economic
development and succeeding in regional cooperation projects require building
constructive regional ties based on good neighborliness and non-intervention in
the internal affairs of states, respecting international law, cooperating in
maintaining security and stability, countering terrorism, and achieving
prosperity.
The participants reviewed the ramifications of regional and
international crises on Iraq and the region, stressing that overcoming these
crises requires comprehensive regional cooperation, and serious and efficient
economic and political approaches that serve mutual interests, support the
development process in Iraq, and contribute to regional development.
Furthermore, the participants stressed the importance of
holding the third round of the conference, which was launched through Iraqi-French organization, with the
participation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the UAE, the Islamic Republic
of Iran, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, the
League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Gulf
Cooperation Council, the UN, and the EU.
The participants agreed to hold the third round of the
conference next year, on a date and in a location to be determined through
consultations among them.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan expressed appreciation for
the active participation of heads of Arab and friendly states, in addition to
foreign ministers and representatives of regional and international
organizations, welcoming the genuine keenness to bolster cooperation in light
of challenges that have made joint systematic action an urgent necessity for
safeguarding mutual interests, and an efficient means towards fulfilling the
aspirations of peoples to build a more secure, stable and prosperous future.
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