CAIRO, Oct 6 (NNN-MENA) – The Arab League (AL), voiced concern over the recent unrest in Iraq and stressed support for the country’s peace and stability, the Cairo-based pan-Arab body said in a statement.
The AL remarks came, as the Iraqi capital, Baghdad and several other cities have been witnessing mass protests, against alleged lack of services and prevailing corruption and unemployment.
AL Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, called on the Iraqi government “to do whatever would settle the situation and to start immediately, an earnest and true dialogue to remove the causes of protests.”
More than 90 people were killed and around 4,000 were wounded, in confrontations during the ongoing protests that started on Tuesday.
On Friday, Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, addressed the protesters in a televised speech saying, “your voice is heard even before you protest, and it has reached us clearly.”
He promised that his government is working on meeting their demands of “fighting corruption, providing job opportunities, caring for the youth and implementing a comprehensive reform,” reassuring that they are not “empty promises.”– NNN-MENA
