IISS 2006 Regional Security Summit Press Coverage

Bahraini FM Participates in GCC EU Meeting Shaikh Khalid delivered a speech on behalf of the GCC in which he underlined the importance of dialogue on Gulf security and the exchange of opinion to reinforce the region's stability. He pointed out to the annual security dialogue conference which will be organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Manama in cooperation with the kingdom of Bahrain with the participation of a large number of political and security figures from the EU and the entire world, affirming the EU...
Forum to tackle terrorism held in Bahrain The forum will take place two weeks before the Manama Dialogue, the regional security summit organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, is held in the Bahraini capital.
CP Receives IISS CEO Shaikh Salman welcomed Dr. Chipman and underlined the valuable studies conducted by the Institute on international issues in general and regional peace and stability in particular. He also lauded the topics broached by the series of Dialogue conferences on peace in the Gulf hosted by Bahrain, the last of which was the Manama Dialogue which knew high level Arab and international participation.
From the Klan to Tehran: Baker, Carter, Duke Well, I guess we can all rest easier now. Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, told the International Institute of Strategic Studies conference taking place in Bahrain that Iran is ready to co-operate with the United States……in withdrawing from Iraq. He coupled that statement by repeating the threat of Iran's top national security official, Ali Larijani, that if America refuses this most "generous" offer of co-operation, Iran will stir the Persian Gulf states to...
America, MIA in The Gulf There was, alas, no sign of such a U.S. approach at a high-level gathering of Arab princes and policymakers, Iranian revolutionaries and senior officials from Europe and Asia in this Gulf kingdom last weekend. The two-day conference served instead to underline the shallowness of much of the current U.S. debate, both inside and outside an administration that argues endlessly over incremental deployments of 10,000 troops more or less, tactics for pulling Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki away...
Iraq: Kurds Warn Against Delaying Referendum On December 10, at a conference held by the International Institute of Strategic Studies in Manama, Bahrain, Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said Kirkuk's future status carried significant implications for Turkey, AP reported on December 11. In addition, he called on Iraq's government to avoid imposing an "unrealistic" future on Kirkuk, a veiled threat that Turkey would not sit idly by and watch the city fall under the control of the Kurds
The Playground & The Nukes! Last week Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Meqren Abdul Aziz warned at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Regional Security Summit in Bahrain that "this will also force moderate countries in the region that adopt a WMD-free policy to establish clandestine or declared nuclear programs to defend their interests and create a military balance."
Eine ansteckende Krankheit Wenn der König von Saudi-Arabien bei einem Treffen des Golfkooperationsrates mit Blick auf die arabische Welt von einem "Pulverfaß" spricht und der Kronprinz von Bahrein gleichzeitig vor den Teilnehmern einer "Manama Dialogue" genannten Sicherheitskonferenz, die das renommierte Londoner International Institute for Strategic Studies nun zum dritten Mal ausrichtet, sagt, es sei "fünf vor zwölf", dann meinen sie dasselbe: "sectarian...
Iraq Army Plans for a Wider Role in Baghdad The Iraqi plan was outlined by Mr. Rubaie in a recent interview in Bahrain, where he was attending a conference organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based research institute. While the Shiite government has been pushing for greater Iraqi control of military operations for months, the plan was presented formally for the first time to the Americans in Jordan.
Gulf alarmed by 'confusion' of US ally "Iran is a problem. Iraq is a problem. There are so many problems," analyst Abdulkhaleq Abdullah said following the Dialogue on Gulf Security held in the Bahraini capital."The issue is Washington. At the moment, Washington is in a state of confusion," said Abdullah, professor of political science at the Emirates University in Dubai. After last week's report by the US bipartisan Iraq Study Group that recommended a change in President George W. Bush's strategy in Iraq and the...
Turkish, Iraqi ministers spar over Kirkuk At a conference held by the International Institute of Strategic Studies in the Bahraini capital of Manama on Sunday, Gonul said Kirkuk's future status carries major implications for Turkey and Iraq's other neighbors no matter who controls the city and its surrounding oilfields. He asked the Iraqi Shiite and Kurdish-led government to avoid imposing an "unrealistic" future on Kirkuk.
GCC mulls dialogue with Iran Al Khalifa discussed the proposed talks with Iran in an address to the Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain on Dec. 8. The crown prince said a GCC-Iran dialogue would require a third party, preferably the so-called EU-3, comprised of Britain, France and Germany.
Security Challenges in the Persian Gulf Addressing the issue of security challenges in the Gulf region, Mohammed Al Abdallah Al Sabah, the Director of Citizen Services and Government Bodies Assessment Agency of Kuwait, spoke to the Manama Dialogue.
Turkish Defence Minister urges Iraqis Turkish National Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul said that Iraqis should be realistic on the status of Kirkuk. Taking the floor at the 3rd Regional Security Summit in Bahrein today, organized by International Institute for Strategic Studies, Gonul stressed that the status of Kirkuk would concern Turkey, as well as Iraq's other neighbours.
Iraq will talk to all groups except Al Qaida "The central theme of the Iraqi government is national reconciliation. We will accept any organisation or individual as long as they are not Al Qaida. We will talk to former regime figures as well as religious leaders and others, and everything could be on the table," Al Rubaie said in Manama."We will negotiate all their demands but right now we cannot disclose whom we are talking to," Al Rubaie told the Manama Conference 2006.
Teheran lehnt Gespräche mit Washington ab Die iranische Regierung zeigt keinerlei Interesse an einem direkten Gespräch mit den Vereinigten Staaten über Möglichkeiten, die Lage im Irak zu stabilisieren und die ausufernde Gewalt einzudämmen. In diesem Sinne äußerte sich am Wochenende der iranische Außenminister Mottaki in Bahrein auf einer Konferenz über Sicherheit in der Golfregion. Bevor überhaupt über einen solchen Dialog nachgedacht werden könne, müßten die Vereinigten...
Präsident lehnt die Vorschläge Bakers ab Bush wollte in den nächsten Tagen mit führenden Mitarbeitern über eine neue Irak-Strategie beraten. Diskutiert werden derzeit in Washington verschiedene Möglichkeiten der USA. So wird auch erwogen, die Truppen deutlich zu verstärken, um der Gewalt in Irak Herr zu werden. Andere Vorschläge zielen darauf, die Nachbarländer Syrien und Iran stärker in eine Stabilisierung des Iraks miteinzubeziehen. Der Iran bot dabei auch seine Hilfe schon an, allerdings nur,...
Arab Nations Plan to Start Nuclear Program At a Persian Gulf security conference in Bahrain on Saturday, Iran’s foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, insisted that Iran was seeking only peaceful nuclear capacity. “The time of nuclear weapons is over,” Mr. Mottaki said. He added that if nuclear weapons served as an effective deterrent, they should have stopped the fall of the Soviet Union and Israel would not have had to go to war in Lebanon against Hezbollah this past summer.
Iran sees no sign of change in US policy Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday that Iran was prepared to talk to the United States about Iraq, but only once Washington had announced clear plans to withdraw its troops from the country.
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