The meeting "is an important message to our people that we are mutually supportive and unified to serve our people and the people of the region," a statement of al-Kadhimi's media office quoted his opening remarks as saying.
He said that the most important challenges facing the three countries are the COVID-19 pandemic, difficult economic conditions, security and terrorism, according to the statement.
Calling on the three countries to unify their stances, Al-Kadhimi said "we will continue to coordinate on major regional issues, such as the Syrian, Libyan, Yemeni and Palestinian files, to assist our brothers in these countries to bypass the challenges and crises."
He noted that the three countries are in the stage of implementing projects in the fields of electrical interconnection, agriculture, transportation, and food security, as well as in the development of infrastructure in financial and banking relations, the statement said.
Later in the day, a statement issued after the meeting said that the three leaders agreed to cooperate and coordinate in various areas, including the electrical interconnection and linking gas transport networks between Iraq and Egypt via Jordan, as well as building an oil pipeline connecting the Iraqi oil-hub of Basra to the Jordanian port of Aqaba.
The statement added that Iraq and Jordan support Egypt's stance on the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile River. It stressed the need to activate efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive peace that meets all legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state.
Earlier in the day, Sisi arrived in Baghdad, marking the first visit by an Egyptian head of state since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 and worsened Iraq-Egypt ties.
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SANA- Iraq, Egypt and Jordan reiterated the need to reach a political solution to the crisis in Syria in a way that preserves its security, stability and territorial integrity.
ReplyDeleteIn a joint concluding statement by President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Abdullah II King of Jordan, and Prime Minister of Iraq, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, following a triple summit that brought them together in the capital city of Iraq, Baghdad, they said that they reviewed the efforts of reaching political solutions to the crises in the region, mainly in Syria, according to relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the approved references.
The statement affirmed necessity of realizing a political solution to the crisis in Syria according to the resolution NO.2254 that preserves Syria’s security, stability and territorial integrity and secure the suitable conditions for the voluntary return of refugees.