DAMASCUS (The Thursday Times) — Iraqi Wazir-e-Azam Ali al-Zaidi Budh ko Sadr Ahmed al-Sharaa se muzakrat ke liye Damascus pahunch gaye. Yeh Bashar al-Assad ke zawal ke baad kisi Iraqi wazir-e-azam ka Syria ka pehla daura hai, aur aise waqt mein ho raha hai jab Iran jang ki wajah se Strait of Hormuz band hone par Baghdad tel ki baramad ke naye raste talash kar raha hai.
Syria ke sarkari media ke mutabiq al-Sharaa ne Damascus International Airport par al-Zaidi ka istiqbal kiya. Sarkari Iraqi News Agency ke mutabiq donon rehnumaon ne Syria ke Baniyas terminal ke zariye Iraqi tel ki baramad, tijarat mein izafe aur zaraat ke shobe mein mushtarka kaam par baat cheet ki.
"Iraqi aur Syrian awam do mulkon mein aik hi qaum hain," al-Zaidi ne kaha, aur unhon ne qareebi iqtisadi, samaji aur salamati taawun par zor dete hue mutalba kiya ke donon hukumatein "ilaqai aur bain-ul-aqwami masail par mauqif yakja karein".
Hormuz ke gird aik pipeline
US ki qiyadat mein Iran par jang ki wajah se Iraq ke zyada tar tel ke liye Khaleej ka rasta band hone ke baad se Iraq ne Syria ke raste kham tel ki mehdood miqdar baramad karna shuru kar di hai. July mein donon mulkon ne Haditha–Baniyas pipeline ki bahali ke muahidon par dastakhat kiye, jin mein aik consortium ke saath mufahimati yaddasht bhi shamil hai jis mein US ki bari tel company Chevron shamil hai. Al-Sharaa ne Iraq ki Grand Faw port aur Syria ke Tartus ke darmiyan zameeni rabte ko bhi farogh diya hai.
Sarhadein aur zer-e-hirasat afrad
Salamati ka muamla bhi zer-e-ghaur tha. Asharq Al-Awsat ki report ke mutabiq al-Sharaa ne kaha ke donon mulkon ke darmiyan sarhad ab mehfooz hai aur ISIS ka khatra kam ho gaya hai, aur unhon ne hathiyaron ko riyasat ke control mein lane ki al-Zaidi ki muhim ki himayat ki. Iraq, jis ke paas Syria se muntaqil kiye gaye ISIS ke zer-e-hirasat afrad maujood hain, ne Damascus ke saath un ke muqadmat ka jaiza lene ke liye aik programme qaim karne par ittefaq kiya.
Baghdad ne sabiq jihadi commander al-Sharaa se December 2024 mein un ke iqtidar sambhalne ke baad fasla rakha, kyunke woh un ke mazi aur Iraq ke andar Iran se wabasta musallah dharon ke bare mein mohtat tha. Donon pehli baar September mein New York mein Aqwam-e-Muttahida ki General Assembly ke mauqe par mile thay.
