Iraqi Foreign Minister Fadhil Jamali has made an approach to Indian Prime Minister Nehru to intervene in an attempt to settle the Arab-Israel conflict, the Times of India reported.
In an interview with Dr. Jamali in Bagdad, the Times was told that the Iraqi Government believed that Mr. Nehru could be most helpful in the matter because: “He wants a solution of this problem. He is friendly with Nasser. The Israelis respect him. “
Dr. Jamali suggested that the Iraqi were “realistic” and “do not want to throw the Israelis into the sea. ” He underlined this “realism” by suggesting a solution of the Arab-Israel conflict on the basis of halting all further immigration into Israel and having the Jewish State withdraw to the 1947 United Nations partition boundaries. He added that Iraq would seek a solution of the refugee problem with an overall settlement of the Israeli issue.
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