Arab summit in Baghdad on May 11 – Iraq’s representative

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Arab foreign ministers have agreed to hold the next Arab summit, which had been due to be held in Baghdad March 29, on May 11, 2011, Iraq‘s ambassador to the Arab League said on Monday. “The Arab foreign ministers have accepted an Iraqi proposal for the summit to be held in Baghdad on May 11 next,” Qais al-Azzawi told IraqiNews.com news agency. Azzawi said the issue was raised Saturday during an extraordinary Arab League meeting on Libya, and a senior official confirmed that the ministers had agreed on the May 11 date. The original March 29 date was postponed because of the wave of popular unrest sweeping across the region. Feb. 18 Libya, serving chairman of the Arab League, said the summit had been put off, but Iraq denied this, saying that postponement wasn’t “an individual decision.” SH (TP) 1104