The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Fouad Hussein, affirmed that the war in Ukraine has a significant impact on the countries of the world, noting that the Arab League has formed an Arab contact committee to discuss the Ukraine crisis, explaining that work is underway to activate the work of the League’s Arab Contact Group during the coming period.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq indicated in a joint press conference with the Foreign Ministers of Egypt and Jordan in the capital, Baghdad, on Monday, that the continuation of the war does not only affect the economic situation in the region, but it also affects the political situation, stressing that some ideas will be presented during the coming period to determine future steps for communication. With the parties to the conflict and other parties to the Ukraine crisis.
Meanwhile, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said that the tripartite cooperation mechanism with Egypt and Iraq has accomplished a lot of transporting goods and signing a large number of agreements, stressing that it was agreed between Egypt and Jordan on the electrical connection with Iraq, provided that the link between Amman and Baghdad would be electrically completed early next year. .
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Jordan confirmed that the oil pipeline that will run from Basra to Jordan and then to Egypt will have a positive impact on the three countries, noting that 80% of the issues related to the oil pipeline have been agreed upon and we are moving forward to activate this huge project, explaining that the industrial zone The border between Jordan and Iraq is in its final stages, and 90% of its issues have been resolved.
In turn, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed, on Monday, the importance of political coordination with Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, which seeks to have an impact and enhance the capabilities of the three countries to preserve their political and economic interests, pointing to the importance of economic integration and what it brings to the three countries in transportation, communications and electrical connectivity.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs indicated that the issue of electrical interconnection between Egypt, Jordan and Iraq is the file closest to completion during the coming period, explaining that this will contribute to strengthening cooperation at the economic level, especially industrial projects, to attract investments in the industrial zone on the Jordanian-Iraqi borders.
