DEAD SEA — A communiqué was released at the conclusion of the
second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, which was hosted by
Jordan at the Dead Sea, according to a Royal Court statement.
The communiqué covered the importance of supporting Iraq’s
efforts to achieve comprehensive development, while working towards economic
integration in sectors such as energy, water, electric connectivity, food and
health security, transport, infrastructure, and climate action.
اضافة اعلان
Following is the full text of the English communiqué:
“In light of the decision taken at the conference held in
Baghdad on 28 August 2021, and at the invitation of His Majesty King Abdullah
II, in coordination with His Excellency President Emmanuel Macron of the French
Republic and His Excellency Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani of the
Republic of Iraq, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan hosted the Baghdad Conference
for Cooperation and Partnership in its second round at the Dead Sea on 20
December 2022.
Participants in the conference expressed appreciation to the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for hosting the conference. Jordan and Iraq also
thanked the French Republic for its role in coordinating the launch of the
conference and participating in two rounds.
The participants reaffirmed the continuation of efforts to
build on the outcomes of the first round of the Baghdad Conference and step up
cooperation with Iraq, in support of its security, stability, and sovereignty,
as well as its democratic and constitutional processes, in addition to its
efforts to promote dialogue as the means to resolve regional differences. They
also underscored their solidarity with Iraq in the face of all challenges,
including terrorism, over which Iraq, through great sacrifices and with
international and regional cooperation, achieved a historic victory. The
participants reaffirmed their condemnation of extremism and terrorism in all
its forms.
The participants renewed their support for Iraq in its
efforts to develop its constitutional democratic process, consolidate the rule
of law and good governance, while building institutions capable of proceeding
on the path towards further progress, reconstruction, safeguarding
achievements, and meeting the aspirations of its people.
The participants stressed their support for Iraq’s efforts
to achieve comprehensive development, and working with it to build economic
integration, by cooperating across a multitude of sectors, including energy,
water, electric connectivity, food and health security, transportation,
infrastructure, and climate action.
In this context, the participants highlighted the importance
of the trilateral cooperation framework between Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq, and
the joint economic projects agreed on through this mechanism, including
electric connectivity projects. They also stressed the importance of joint
projects between members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Iraq in the fields
of electric connectivity and transportation, as well as other regional projects
that contribute to economic integration, development, and building bridges with
global markets, while reflecting positively on the entire region.
In addition, the participants stressed that holding the
conference in its second round underlines keenness on supporting Iraq’s central
role in expanding regional economic cooperation and building bridges of
dialogue to end tensions and establish regional relations of mutual benefits.
The participants also reaffirmed that achieving economic development and
succeeding in regional cooperation projects require building constructive
regional ties on the basis of good neighborliness and non-intervention in the
internal affairs of states, as well as respecting international law, and
cooperating in maintaining security and stability, countering terrorism, and
achieving prosperity.
The participants reviewed the ramifications of regional and
international crises on Iraq and the region, stressing that overcoming these
crises requires comprehensive regional cooperation, and serious and efficient
economic and political approaches that serve mutual interests, support the
development process in Iraq, and contribute to regional development.
Furthermore, the participants stressed the importance of
holding the third round of the conference, which was launched through
Iraqi-French organization, with the participation of the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan, the UAE, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Kingdom of
Bahrain, the Republic of Türkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of
Oman, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, the League of Arab States, the Organization
of Islamic Cooperation, the Gulf Cooperation Council, the UN, and EU. The participants agreed to hold the third round of the
conference next year, on a date and in a location to be determined through
consultations among them.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan expressed appreciation for
the active participation of heads of Arab and friendly states, in addition to
foreign ministers and representatives of regional and international organizations,
welcoming the genuine keenness to bolster cooperation in light of challenges
that have made joint systematic action an urgent necessity for safeguarding
mutual interests, and an efficient means towards fulfilling the aspirations of
peoples to build a more secure, stable and prosperous future.”
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