With “important” meetings, Baghdad plays the role of mediator to resolve internal and regional disputes
With “important” meetings, Baghdad plays the role of mediator to resolve internal and regional disputes
2025-01-25 03:27
Shafaq News/ Informed sources stated on Saturday that the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, will play the role of mediator to settle internal disputes between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, in addition to other regional disputes, in meetings scheduled to be held in the coming period.
It is expected that the capital, Baghdad, will host important meetings of high-level leaders (Iraqi, Kurdish, Turkish, and Syrian) in the coming period to resolve the outstanding issues between these parties.
The sources told Shafaq News Agency, “The next two weeks will witness important meetings in Baghdad for high-level leaders of some ministers concerned with the pending files between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government on the one hand, and Turkey and Syria on the other hand, regarding the file of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).”
The sources explained that Iraq will play the role of mediator in these dialogues, and thus resolve the thorny and pending issues between these parties.
The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazloum Abdi, recently visited the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and held meetings with leaders and officials in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil, the most prominent of which was with the Kurdish leader, Masoud Barzani.
The sources added, “Baghdad will work to bring the viewpoints of Turkey and the SDF closer together, and it is hoped that the Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and the head of the Intelligence Service Hamid Al-Shatri will attend the meeting as representatives of the federal government, while one of the prominent leaders of the Democratic Party will attend, along with some regional ministers, regarding the internal file of Iraq and resolving the pending issues with Erbil.”
Regarding the regional file, “Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Sheibani and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, as well as the commander of the (SDF) forces, Mazloum Abdi, will engage in rounds of direct understandings in Baghdad regarding a number of files,” according to the sources.
The same sources indicated that “the issues that these people will be involved in are: the financial fines imposed on Turkey for exporting oil from the Kurdistan Region and Kirkuk through the port of Ceyhan, in addition to raising the level of trade exchange, and other security and economic files as well, including the issue of the (SDF) forces and their control over prisons that contain thousands of detainees from ISIS and the file of targeting Turkish forces and the security of the Kurdistan Region.”
According to the same sources, “the Iraqi understandings with the (SDF) will focus on the security of the prisons controlled by these forces, the most important of which is the return of convicted ISIS members to their countries on condition that they complete their sentences in their countries, and bear responsibility for their families in Al-Hawl camp, in addition to contributing to financing the rehabilitation of these families, in addition to contributing to protecting the region from any repercussions of this file.”
The sources continued, saying, “The United States gave the Iraqi government the green light to work on settling all files in Syria and the region, with Arab and international support.”
Informed political sources revealed to Shafaq News Agency, in mid-January, that the Iraqi capital is preparing to host the “Baghdad Dialogue” summit next February, to discuss the recent changes in the region, including changing the Assad regime and forming a new administration in Syria, in addition to the repercussions of the security file in the region.
The sources said at the time that “initial approvals had reached Iraq from neighboring countries, regional governments, and some important countries with direct influence in the region.”
The sources confirmed that “after Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani returns from his visit to Britain, invitations will be issued to the concerned countries, including the Gulf states, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, Russia and America, with emphasis on the official representation of the participants in the conference being of a high level.”
The sources added that “Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani will represent his country at the conference, which will address the situation in Syria and how to reach an understanding to rebuild the country and form a comprehensive government in which all its citizens participate without discrimination or division, and restore stability to it in a way that will positively reflect on Iraq and the region, specifically on Syria’s neighboring countries.”
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