AMMAN — The
Elysee Palace announced that in light of the
ongoing tension with Iran and Turkey, a regional summit will be held in Jordan
“before the end of the year”, bringing together Iraq and neighboring countries,
with France participating, just like with the Baghdad conference in August
2021, media outlets reported.
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The announcement
was made after a phone call between French President Emmanuel Macron and Iraqi
Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani on Sunday.
The Elysee stated
in a statement that “following their call on November 27, the two officials
agreed to continue preparing, in coordination with Jordan, for the next summit,
such as the Baghdad Summit”, which will bring together in Amman the main
leaders of the region and the French president before the end of the year. No
list of participants has been supplied so far.
The statement said
that Macron and Sudani “shared their concerns about the escalation of tension”
after a series of Turkish air raids on Kurdish fighters’ positions in
northeastern
Syria and northern Iraq.
Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to launch a “land operation” in Syria, after an
attack that took place on November 13 in Istanbul, and Ankara accused the
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is based in Iraq, and the Kurdish
People’s Protection Units in Syria, of being behind it.
The Jordan Summit will bring together Iraq and neighboring countries, with France participating.
On the other hand,
Iran recently launched a series of missile and drone strikes against Iranian
Kurdish opposition factions in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Elysee added
that Macron, who invited Sudani to visit France at the beginning of 2023,
“reminded once again that Iraq can count on France’s support to confront
violations of its sovereignty and stability and in combating terrorism”.
In August 2021 top
Middle Eastern and European leaders discussed prospects for economic, political
and security cooperation between Iraq and its neighbors while in Baghdad for a
summit.
The leaders of
Jordan,
Egypt, and France met alongside the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia,
Iran, and Turkey and the prime minister of Kuwait.
The presence at
the summit of Iran’s new foreign minister, Hussein Amir Abdollahian, provided a
glimmer of optimism that there could be a thaw in relations between Tehran and
its top regional adversaries, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Speaking in Arabic,
Abdollahian held out an olive branch to Arab states.
He said Iran would like to
improve relations with countries in the region, through economic and cultural
cooperation, without what he called the usual interference from international
powers. Foreign interference, he argued, has created tensions and regional
insecurity.
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