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Article: UAE vows to reopen Iraq mission soon.
- Article from:
- Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
- Article date:
- June 11, 2008
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BAGHDAD: The UAE would name an ambassador to Baghdad within days, a step that eases Iraq's diplomatic isolation in the Arab world.
No ambassador from any Arab country has been stationed permanently in Baghdad since Egypt's envoy was kidnapped and killed shortly after arriving in 2005.
In the first visit by a Gulf foreign minister since the US-led invasion in 2003, Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said Arab states had let Iraq down during years of hardship.
"I believe Iraq should be encouraged by his brothers. I should be clear and honest, Iraq suffered from being discouraged by its (Arab) brothers over the past years," he said after meeting ...