Neighboring countries stress importance of cooperation for Iraq's stability
24/10/2007 16:14
Iraq and its neighbors in Kuwait City Tuesday stressed the importance of
cooperation for stability in the war-torn country and the region at
large.
The regional countries voiced the determination in their fourth
meeting of interior ministers, which opened here earlier in the day with an aim
to find ways to restore stability to Iraq.
Interior ministers from Iraq,
Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Bahrain attended the
meeting.
Kuwait's minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah told the meeting
that cooperation was vital to combat the phenomenon.
"Security cooperation
amongst our states in combating terrorism requires us to intensify
efforts...through controlling the movements of terrorist elements and facing
them," he said.
Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly also spoke at the
meeting, underlining the importance of Iraqi neighbors' cooperation to support
for stability in Iraq and the region at large.
The meeting reflects the
countries' keenness to continue support for all efforts to maintain Iraq's
territorial integrity and reject any plans to partition the country, he said,
asserting Egypt's confidence in the Iraqi people's ability to overcome their
predicament and attain their higher interests.
The participants warned that
failing to fully support the war- ravaged Iraq would strengthen militant groups
intent on destabilizing the region.
"Any failure in standing by Iraq will
give the opportunity to terrorist organizations...to concentrate on Iraq and
convert it into a launch pad for their criminal activity," said Prince Nayef bin
Abdul Aziz, Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia.
For his part, Iraqi Interior
Minister Jawad al-Bulani urged its neighbors to do more to stem the funding and
flow of cross-border insurgent infiltrators.
Xinhua
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