Iraq will host senior parliamentary officials from arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and ...
Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi attends the opening of the Saudi-Iraqi Business Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 18, 2019. Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via REUTERS
Delegations including the heads of parliament from Turkey, Kuwait, Syria and Jordan will also attend the one-day conference in the Iraqi capital to discuss regional security, diplomacy and economic issues. The premier has said Iraq will maintain strong ties with Iran, but also with the United States and regional neighbors, many of which, like Saudi Arabia, consider Tehran a foe.
Iraq and Saudi Arabia have been at loggerheads since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, but they have recently undertaken a diplomatic push to improve ties.
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Can Iraq bring Iran and Saudi Arabia together? Rivals to meet, along with Syria and other neighborsIran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey were set to meet in what would be a rare display of unity at a time when conflicts, competing interests and foreign influence had left it deeply divided.
Leer más »
Yemen leader-in-exile Hadi returns for meeting of divided parliamentYemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who lives in Saudi Arabia while rival H...
Leer más »
Uber rolls out feature for women drivers to request women riders in Saudi ArabiaUber now lets women drivers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia opt to pick up women passengers.
Leer más »
Iraqi Premier’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Reflects Deeper Ties to KingdomIraq and the Saudis signed agreements on energy, power and education. But politicians said the greater value of the Iraqi leader's trip to Saudi Arabia was symbolic.
Leer más »
Uber launches feature that lets female drivers in Saudi Arabia avoid taking male passengersThe 'Women Preferred View' feature was created after research found that 74 percent of prospective female drivers only wanted to pick up women riders, according to Uber.
Leer más »
Uber launched a Saudi Arabia-only feature that lets female drivers avoid taking male passengersUber say they added the 'Women Preferred View' after they found 74% of Saudi female drivers said they didn't want to pick up male passengers.
Leer más »
Saudi Arabia rescues American cruise ship passenger suffering intestinal bleedingA passenger aboard the Seven Seas Navigator cruise ship was evacuated to a hospital in Saudi Arabia after suffering with a medical emergency.
Leer más »
'Reforms' in Saudi Arabia exist only as a tool to appease Western allies'The real crime of the women who campaigned to lift the driving ban was to attack the system as a whole - the very system from which MBS gets his power and his wealth.' Opinion | Sam Hamad
Leer más »
Saudi Aramco increases gasoline prices starting April 14: statementSaudi Arabia raised the local price for Octane 95 gasoline to 2.10 Riyals from 2...
Leer más »