President Hussein meets senior Iraqi officials
Baghdad, September 3
President Saddam Hussein on Monday chaired a meeting included Vice-Chairman of
Revolution Command Council Izzat Ibrahim, Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan, Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Hikmet Ibrahim Al-Azzawi, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Military Industrialization Abdul Al-Tawwab Al-Mulla Howeish, Trade Minister Dr. Mohammed Mehdi Saleh and Governor of Iraqi Central Bank Usam Rashid Howeish.
President Hussein meets envoy of Belarusian President
Baghdad, September 3
President Saddam Hussein received Monday personal envoy of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashinko Mr. Lyoned Kozek, who acts as Head of Syndicate Committees Union in Bylarussia and Head of Belrus-Iraqi Joint Committee.
The Belarusian envoy conveyed greetings from President Lukashinko to President Hussein and Iraqi people. The envoy conveyed a verbal letter pertaining to bilateral ties.
He expressed pleasure to meet President Saddam Hussein. And appreciated the high support offered by Iraq to Bylarussia; a stance that activated all economic fields in Bylarussia. He affirmed his country's supportive stand with Iraq against foreign threats and the unjust embargo.
For his part, President Hussein welcomed the guest and asked him to convey his salutes to President Lukashinko and Belarusian people wishing them more progress.
The President said, “Our bilateral ties with Bylarussia are developing satisfactorily, and we will be more satisfied if more steps were taken relying on mutual trust.
Relation between Iraq and Bylarussia is based on mutual trust; therefore, we consider it a true relation, the President said.
The President confirmed that one of the reasons that caused the continuation of embargo is that the League of Independent States were deprived from economic cooperation with Iraq because the Americans know the deep-rooted ties linking Iraq and the League of Independent State, and they know that Iraq works to promote such relations with them in all fields; therefore, Americans take this into consideration and prolong the embargo.
"If one wonders why such hostility against Iraq, I will respond that the US supposes it should dominate the whole world. It supposes that using military style to dominate the entire world is ineffectual while some states possess nuclear bombs. But they think that controlling the oil in the Middle East would lead them to dominate the world as it occupies 65% of the world oil reserves. Thus, the U.S think that destroying Iraq would make it easy to them to control the Middle East oil and that would pave their way to put oil prices under their grip, distribute shares of oil among the Middle East states, impose the prices on China, Japan, France.. etc. as it likes," the President said.
His Excellency went on saying, "US possession of oil would limit developing levels for various states, on the contrary of the economy inside America which would be in a continuous circle of development. This policy would create crises among world states under U.S schemes, while such crises would be avoided inside the U.S. in this way it would dominate the world, and Europe have realized that recently ”, the President said.
The President elaborated that the European stand now dose not come in solidarity with Iraq for legal and humanitarian reasons only but it came in defense of Europe’s interests, independence and future to face the U.S ghoul who wants to dominate oil to dominate the world and limit social and cultural development levels in every state in the world.
"Therefore, Iraq's battle is not a national or regional one, but it has a human frame in the results and spirits; therefore, confronting this battle became important for every noble patriotic person who wants independence and continuos prosperity for his country", the President concluded.
The Belarusian envoy presented a copy of the Holy Qura'n printed in Arabic and Russian languages in 1907 to President Hussein in addition to a wooden box with beautiful decorations as a gift from Belarusian children to His Excellency.
Present at the audience, was Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Al-Tawwab Al-Mulla Howeish.
President Hussein receives Heads of Arab delegations participating in extraordinary 42nd session of Arab Parliamentary Union
Baghdad, September 5
President Saddam Hussein received heads of Arab delegations participating in the extraordinary 42nd session of Arab Parliamentary Union currently held in Baghdad.
The attendance expressed pleasure to meet President Hussein in these hard circumstances facing the Arab nation in light of US-Zionist threats targeting Iraq. They stressed Arab people’s support with all available means to confront the evil threats. They pointed out that the foreign threats do not target Iraq only but all Arab states.
Speaker of Sudanese National Assembly Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir who acts as the Head of the Arab Parliamentary Union stressed that dangerous threats do not target Iraq only but all Arab and Muslim nations; therefore, the Arab nation has to support Iraqi people. He confirmed that discussions in the conference focused on the Iraqi issue, and the Arab solidarity to face the malicious aggression.
Speaker of Syrian Parliament Abdul Qadir Qadoura recalled that Arab Parliamentarians had voiced rejection to US threats against Iraq as they did in what had happened in Syria in 1954 and 1956, when they said, “we would open your graves before you touch our national soil” and the Arab people are saying the same today in support of Iraqi people.
President Saddam Hussein stressed that Arab people including Iraqis do not want war unless it was necessary or imposed on them because they are not seeking fight but they are a people of construction and cooperation. They wished that God keep evil and aggressors away from them to be away from fighting. But if God want us to fight, we are ready to confront and defeat the enemy. However we pray to God for keep evil away from the Arab nations and from all people. And make people cooperate and build, the President said.
The President went on saying that the main Arab wound is Palestine while Baghdad is part of the Arab nation and its wound would be felt by any Arab country like Palestine. Baghdad deeply feels all Arab wounds, he said.
President Hussein said that this Arab stance reminds him of the past days of Algeria as he and many school students demonstrated in support of Algeria. Blood was shed considerably in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities in defense of Egypt during the 1956 aggression. So, the Arab supportive stance has not been ever changed.
The President asked the attendance to convey his greetings to his Arab brothers, kings, presidents and all parliamentarians who could not come to Baghdad.
On the other hand, the Head of Arab Parliamentary Union presented an armor as a gift to President Saddam Hussein who accepted it with thanks and appreciation. The President warmly welcomed them in Baghdad.
Present at the audience was Speaker of National Assembly Dr. Sadoun Hammadi.
President Hussein meets Envoy of Yemeni President
Baghdad, September 5
President Saddam Hussein received Wednesday personal envoy of President Ali Abdulla Saleh of Yemen, Head of Yemeni Parliament Sheikh Abdulla al-Ahmer.
During the audience, the Yemeni envoy conveyed a verbal letter from President Saleh to President Saddam Hussein. The letter pertained to issue of the Arab nation and bilateral ties.
He also conveyed President Saleh's greetings to President Hussein wishing him good health and long life and the Iraqi people more progress, prosperity and victory.
Mr. al-Ahmer asserted his country's stance supporting Iraq to lift the unjust embargo. He expressed confidence that the Iraqi leadership and people would overcome hard circumstances, and confront challenges surrounding the country.
For his part, the President welcomed his guest and asked him to convey his salutes to President Saleh and Yemeni people.
President Hussein stressed that Iraq wants a comprehensive settlement that could lift the embargo according to the SecuriCouncil resolutions.
"They have to implement their commitments as we did", he said, adding "There are mutual commitments and Iraq had implemented its part but they did not do so".
President Hussein confirmed that the U.S wants to devastate any Arab capability that can support the Arab nation, and wants to smash any Arab state if it represents a threat to Israel.
Present at the audience was Speaker of National Assembly Dr. Sadoun Hamadi.