The Baghdad Declaration, a Regional Cooperation Framework
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Photo: (L-r) Randa Slim, Naufel Al-Hassan, Abdullah Al-Dardari, Paul Salem. [Staff Photo Phil Pasquini].
Washington, DC’s Middle East Institute (MEI) presented a March 7 panel discussion on the Baghdad Declaration of Dec. 16, 2017, a process that took place over many years, with participants from Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, the Arab League, and the U.N. The document sets forth 12 principles for promoting regional cooperation in the Middle East, principles which are the bedrock of all regional cooperation systems.
Moderator Randa Slim, MEI’s director of conflict resolution and the Track II Dialogues Initiative, asked panelists why a new regional cooperation framework is needed for the Middle East and what obstacles and challenges it fac...