Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher received Saturday the head of the Kurdish government in the northern Iraqi governorate of Sulaymaniya, Barham Saleh, in the first contact after the collapse of the Iraq regime and efforts to set up an interim Iraqi government. The Iraqi Kurdish official praised Egypt's stance, noting the Egyptian government dealt with the Iraqi situation rationally, expressing hope Egypt would support the "new" Iraq which wants to have friendly relations with its neighbours. In statements to Al-Ahram, Saleh said he had met with Omar Suleiman, head of the Egyptian intelligence, and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa. He said his meeting with Moussa was frank and that he explained to the Pan-Arab organization dried how the Iraqi citizens' disappointment in the Arab League due to its indifference about the Iraqi people's suffering during the Saddam Hussein regime. He said the Iraqi people deserves apology for slack on the part of the Arab regime and Arab League.
| Yep. That's pretty frank, alright. Wonder if he slapped him before or after telling him that? |
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