Zebari discusses with his Kuwaiti, Lebanese Counterparts, preparations for Arab-Russian Forum

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met, Nabil Al Arabi, the Secretary General of the Arab League, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah, the Foreign Minister of Kuwait and Adnan Mansour, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon, in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss preparations for the Arab – Russian Forum to be held late this month in Moscow.

A statement by the Foreign Ministry received by IraqiNews.com on Wednesday cited “The attendants discussed the issues related to the League’s preparations and mechanisms of future cooperation between the Arab countries and the Russian Federation, in addition to the common position of the Arab Troika delegation towards the Russian side,”

“They emphasized importance of the situation unity in the coming negotiations on bilateral relations with the Russian Federation, as well as the Syrian crisis and mechanisms of achieving a political transition process and solving it according to the Geneva Act, ensuring unity, security and peace of Syria to achieve the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people in freedom and democracy,” the statement concluded.