The government of Iraq is insisting on hosting next year’s scheduled Arab League summit in Baghdad in accordance with league resolutions, an Iraqi diplomatic source said this week.
His comments came following reports that Libya had requested that the summit be convened in Cairo instead of in the Iraqi capital.
The source went on to point out that Iraq had already begun preparations for the summit, with a view to ensuring the event was both successful and well organized.
Political escalations between Libya and Iraq first began when the latter announced it had managed to thwart a Libyan request for a UN investigation into the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.
London-based pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday quoted a Libyan diplomat as saying that it was "inconceivable" to hold the summit in Baghdad, given the perilous security situation.
The diplomat went on to say that "no Arab leader could be expected to attend under such circumstances."
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
