RIYADH - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari reopened his country’s embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after 17 years and said the two countries needed to improve joint efforts to fight Islamist militants. “This will be an important step in improving relations between the two countries,” Zebari told a gathering of Saudi officials and foreign diplomats at the reopening of the embassy closed in 1990 after Saddam Hussein’s Iraq invaded Kuwait.”Saudi Arabia has stood by the Iraqi people and the national reconciliation to create safety and security.”
| I think 'stood by' means something different than he thinks it means. |
Zebari told reporters he had talks earlier with Saudi officials that touched on Saudi militants who have gone to Iraq to join the insurgents fighting the Iraqi government. “There are citizens from the kingdom who take part in activities and acts, there are detainees. There is a need for more exchange of security information on these groups,” he said. “We have people on the kingdom’s wanted lists (of militant suspects), but because of the lack of channels of communication it’s been difficult to deal with this and help each other.”
| "If you guys don't know who they are and where they came from, perhaps you won't mind if we just kill them." |