Al-Monitor: Barham Saleh will present Iraq's vision for the new regional order

Saturday 21 September 2019 82

Baghdad / morning
 
 
In the next few days, President Barham Saleh will travel to New York to participate in the UN General Assembly meetings. The newspaper "Al-Monitor" the widespread US confirmed in a report followed by "morning" on Saturday, that in the crowded presence of leaders in New York should highlight two leaders, the first of which is President Barham Saleh and the new political vision for Iraq and the region And the second Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan




The newspaper revealed a meeting between President Saleh and his US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the meetings of the United Nations.


"Without underestimating all the other issues and other political players, there are two leaders awaited: Iraqi President Barham Salih and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, both of whom come to New York with a host of difficult interests and goals facing their countries, both He will be instrumental in what is happening in Syria, the Gulf, and Iran. ”
 
New regional order
“Iraqi President Barham Saleh deserves to be followed up this week, not just because Iraq is on the front lines of any possible escalation in hostilities due to the Sept.
Aramco's oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Iran, but perhaps just as important - or more important - will be President Saleh's message that changes in Iraq's policies reveal how they can be part of the solution to the regional crisis through diplomacy and economic integration. Another that (Iraq bridge rather than a square
battle)".


"Iraq has been known for its partisan policies, but this is more of a past than in the past, especially in terms of national security," Saleh said. They do not have political blocs with ethnic or sectarian agendas, and this may have benefited them. Their strength lies in their unity and commitment to state institutions and not the leaders of the blocs. This has allowed Iraq to draw a new foreign policy.And independent. ”


Al-Monitor quoted President Saleh as describing in a speech last week the "hard-won victories of Iraqi forces against terrorism" as "a springboard for a new regional order based on economic integration, providing good employment opportunities for regional youth, and driving progress towards educational services." Health and other fronts. ”


She adds that "Iraq is advancing this (new system) actions and words, we have documented since last March; Iraq's steps towards economic integration with Jordan and Egypt, and last July we wrote that (can not be underestimated re-bonds of Arab relations with Iraq)," and stresses that Saleh Abdul-Mahdi ignores the concept of sectarianism in Iraq's regional politics, with Iraq as a potential bridge, not as a party in relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Iraq is also working with the Gulf Cooperation Council for electrical connection, and Iraq is working on the establishment of a second new pipeline to transport Iraqi oil to
Turkey".


The paper also quoted author Bryant Harris as saying: "Some in Congress are also picking up the thread, and calling on the Trump administration to expand its involvement in Iraq, where the State Department requested $ 166 million in Iraqi assistance for 2020, but the proposed spending mark in the Senate The Senate bill also calls for a renewed US diplomatic presence in Basra after the consulate was closed last year after rockets landed near the airport housing the building.


Al-Monitor concludes by talking about Iraq and the expected participation of President Saleh in New York by saying: "The idea here is not to put pressure on Iraq (to take sides), and to revive the outdated and failed idea of ​​Iraq as the (Eastern Front) against Iran, as was the noise during Saddam's rule However, President Saleh and his colleagues in the three presidencies put their country on a different path: prioritizing Iraq's sovereignty and avoiding conflict.The Trump administration could win by encouraging the Iraqi leadership to do so, although it is acknowledged that the Iraq route Fragile), but in a potentially explosive area, there is a sign Invest in sound investment growing".




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