Iraqi stand on Syria is “independent”, Zebari
Iraq’s radical anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr – File Photo
BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi foreign minister Hoshiar Zebari stressed today that Iraq rejects killing civilians in Syria, but calls for democratic and peaceful change in the country, pointing that Iraqi stand on the suspension of Syrian membership was “independent” one. He added, in a TV interview with Arabiya TV satellite, that “Iraq is a neighboring country to Syria, with intermingled trade interests, but Baghdad will abide by the sanction to be imposed on Damascus by the UN or the Arab League”. On Iraqi stand on the suspension of membership, Zebari said the Iraqi decision is “independent” that stresses Iraqi neutrality.