Jordan Reiterates Support for Lifting of Sanctions on IraqJordanian Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb on Tuesday reiterated the kingdom's support for the lifting of international economic sanctions against Iraq.During a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahaf, Abu Ragheb said that the possible lifting of the sanctions would help "end the sufferings of the Iraqi people," Jordan's official Petra news agency reported. The trade embargo was imposed by the United Nations Security Council against Iraq after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Baghdad says that it has complied with the relevant U.N. resolutions and that the sanctions should be lifted, a demand which has won wide support. Abu Ragheb and Sahaf also discussed ways of bolstering the ties in all fields between the two neighbors, and the agenda of the Arab summit to be held in Amman on March 27-28, Petra said. The Iraq issue is expected to figure high on the agenda of the Arab summit, which will also deal with the Israeli-Palestinian clashes and Arab cooperation in the economic globalization. Baghdad says that the crippling sanctions have left more than 1.5 million Iraqi people dead, most of them elderly and children, because of malnutrition and lack of medicine. |
| People's Daily Online --- http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/ |