- Baghdad Summit from the Perspective of Arab Media; Diligence, silence and criticism.
Baghdad – Press Release – The Baghdad Summit was undoubtedly widely covered not only inside Iraq but also in the regional and foreign media. At the same time, some criticisms were leveled at it, and some of the regional media preferred to remain silent about the summit as a whole and its achievements.
According to Sach , the positions of various regional media, both Arab and non-Arab, towards the Baghdad summit due to not mentioning the issue of Palestine as the first issue in the Islamic world and also not addressing important regional issues such as the end of the Yemeni war crisis as one of the ways to stabilize. And the regional Khabrain understanding and the shadow of Syria’s absence from the summit caused the critical Palestinian media and the Syrian and Yemeni media to ignore it and refuse to cover it.
The resistance-oriented media in the region and inside Iraq naturally paid more attention to the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian; Where he put his finger on the main pain and wounds of the region and the cause of all the problems in the region was the presence of foreign forces, led by the United States.
Some media outlets, rather than the news of the summit, covered most of the statements made by their officials at the Baghdad summit, such as the Turkish media and some Saudi media outlets, such as the official news agency (WAS).
At the same time, the media coverage of the countries participating in the summit, especially the sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf, which have large media, was able to appear more prominent than the critical and silent media.
Media of participating countries such as Al-Jazeera (Qatar), Al-Arabiya, Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath and Al-Okaz (Saudi Arabia), Al-Yawm Al-Sabeeh and Al-Ahram (Egypt), Al-Rai (Jordan), France (24) (France) In addition to the Iraqi domestic media, all have shown widespread interest in the summit.
Some European media outlets, such as Germany’s Deutsche Welle and Russia’s Sputnik, also paid special attention to the summit and its news coverage.
The American media, such as CNN Arabi or Al-Hurra, focused on the margins rather than the main topic of the meeting.
Al-Jazeera Qatar, which on Saturday had a prominent presence alongside other Persian Gulf sheikhdom media at a special media center in Baghdad, conducted various reports and interviews with various Iraqi experts.
The two Saudi and Emirati media outlets, Al-Arabiya and Sky News, also noted the US President’s support for the Baghdad summit and wrote that Biden supported the summit.
Al-Arabiya quoted Joe Biden as saying that the Baghdad summit was important in reducing tensions between the countries of the region, and Sky News reported that the White House expressed satisfaction with Baghdad’s hosting of the summit.
The pro-Saudi daily Okaz also wrote in a final statement that all participants stressed the support of the Iraqi government and people and the need for a unified regional and international effort to bring security and stability to the region.
“Iraq can be a good mediator between the two countries of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia, and the Baghdad summit is the beginning of other meetings and the settlement of these regional disputes through dialogue,” said Najm Qassab, an Iraqi expert on the special program. will be.
The placement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in the front row with the Presidents of Egypt and France, the King of Jordan, the Prime Ministers of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, was one of the side issues that attracted the attention of the American media. has done.
Overall, the widespread Arab and Western media attention to the Baghdad Summit is remarkable in its own right, and many, referring to the summit’s final statement, have expressed hope that such summits could at least instill a spirit of understanding and dialogue in the region rather than conflict. Conflict – away from external interference and opinion – prevail.
