Today’s newspapers focus on the Iraqi move to overcome the critical crisis and follow up on environmental pollution in Baghdad and some governorates

Today's newspapers, Sunday, focused on the Iraqi move to overcome the critical crisis and followed up on environmental pollution in Baghdad and some governorates. Al-Zawraa newspaper, issued by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, said that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani discussed, during a phone call, with French President Emmanuel Macron, mobilizing international efforts to stop the war and provide relief to the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples, and coordinating positions at this stage, which al-Sudani described as "critical." The Prime Minister's media office stated in a statement: "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani made a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, discussing bilateral relations between the two countries, in addition to discussing issues related to the current situation in the region, and continuing to coordinate positions at this critical stage that the region and the world are going through. It added: The phone call addressed the recent call by President Macron to stop supplying weapons to the occupying entity in its aggressive war against Gaza and Lebanon, and stressed the importance of supporting this initiative and expanding the scope of work on it, since the ongoing war on the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples, with what it represents in terms of attacks against humanity, requires a serious position by the international community. The statement pointed out that the two sides stressed the importance of directing all efforts towards stopping the war and providing relief to the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples, who are being subjected to direct aggressive attacks. The Prime Minister confirmed, according to the statement, Iraq's readiness to participate in a conference that the French President will call for in Paris to mobilize international and regional efforts towards establishing security in the region, undermining the effects of the aggressive war and its repercussions, and reducing the losses that will result from it on the economic and social levels. al-Sudani also confirmed Iraq's move to hold a similar conference in the capital, Baghdad. The statement continued: The call witnessed discussions on developing bilateral relations between the two countries, in light of the joint declaration to end the presence of the international coalition to fight ISIS in Iraq, as the French President affirmed his country's commitment to the timetables and the transition to constructive bilateral relations, especially in the economic field, renewing France's desire to strengthen the presence of its companies to work in Iraq. On the other hand, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that its Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit Baghdad today, Sunday. The Iranian Foreign Ministry stated in a statement: In continuation of diplomatic consultations with the countries of the region, Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian Foreign Minister, will leave for Baghdad at the head of a delegation today, Sunday. It added that during this trip, Araghchi will meet with the Foreign Minister and other senior Iraqi officials, and will discuss bilateral relations and the latest developments in the region. For its part, Al-Sabah newspaper said that despite the escalation of the Zionist aggression on Beirut and Gaza after a full year of the war of extermination waged by its army against unarmed civilians, and in conjunction with the preoccupation of the entire world with the threats issued by this entity for a large-scale war against Iran, there are still opportunities for calm, and attempts to spare the region and the world the woes of a war that Tel Aviv seeks with all its might. It added that these political attempts to reach calm and establish peace were staged in Baghdad, as Iraq witnessed yesterday and today a remarkable diplomatic movement at the highest levels to ward off the specter of war. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani will receive Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his accompanying delegation in Baghdad today to discuss the latest developments in the region with the continuation of the Zionist aggression on Gaza and Lebanon and the risks of its expansion into a regional war. The guest minister will also brief the Prime Minister on the latest developments in his foreign tour that he began in Lebanon in this regard. In the same diplomatic movement seeking to avoid the expansion of the war, and trying to reach common visions with the countries of the region, the Acting Speaker of Parliament Mohsen al-Mandalawi received Ambassadors of the Gulf States to Iraq to discuss the dangerous developments in the region. During the meeting, Al-Mandlawi reviewed "Iraq's pivotal policy and focus on supporting economic and investment aspects and sparing the region the scourge of wars," noting that "the Iraqi Council of Representatives is striving to unify the official positions of Arab and Islamic parliaments and influence the international ones, in a way that contributes to reducing escalation in the region and resolving crises and disputes." In turn, the official spokesman for the government, Bassem Al-Awadi, e xplained that "the Iraqi government will not abandon its external responsibility in the aspect related to the issues of the Arab and Islamic worlds, as Iraq believes in peace, justice and equal rights for peoples, and rejects the logic of aggression and war." He added that Iraq has played and continues to play an effective role in defusing crises, and is today playing its role in supporting the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples, standing by the ceasefire, and resorting to fair settlements. He explained that "based on its values, commitments and the nature of its people, Iraq has been, is and will remain a support for peoples in crises. Al-Zaman newspaper focused on the spread of sulfur clouds in the sky of Baghdad and said that Baghdad's sky is currently exposed to a serious threat represented by the spread of toxic sulfur clouds, which puts millions at risk of an unprecedented health and environmental disaster, amid the inability of the Ministry of Environment to take effective measures to confront this prob lem, which was satisfied with issuing a statement containing general advice after street reactions regarding the role of the concerned authorities in protecting their health and safety, while experts suggested planting 11 billion trees as an ambitious measure to mitigate the effects of pollution and restore the environmental serenity that the capital has lacked for years. The academic at Al-Karkh University for Science, Amani Al-Tamimi, attributed in a statement (the clear appearance of pollutants at the present time to the decrease in temperature and its relationship to the rise or fall of the layer close to the surface of the earth, which has a direct relationship with our daily behaviors, in addition to the increase in the concentration of pollutants and their lack of dispersion in the upper layers), She added that (the landfill, which she described as unhealthy, lacks all standards and the smoke of refineries, generators and vehicles are all in violation of health standards). She pointed out that (these pollutants are the nucleus for the formation of raindrops or when the appropriate conditions are available, acid rain is formed, which is more dangerous to the environment, soil, crops, air and even buildings). For his part, environmental expert Ahmed Askar confirmed in a statement yesterday that (thousands of tons of garbage and waste are burned in irregular places such as Al-Rashid camp and others). In turn, the air adopter Sadiq Attia revealed the existence of an agreement between merchants and owners of large lands to burn copper and silver materials and electrical cables. Attia wrote on his Facebook page yesterday that (the smoke coming from burning and burying sites is a special burning ball used by traders of iron, copper and electrical cables). Source: National Iraqi News Agency