Baghdad II Summit in Jordan

The Baghdad II Summit will open in the Jordanian capital city of Amman, and is set to host a larger number of participating countries. Its mottos and agendas are accordingly more extensive.

Jordan is scheduled to host the second one at King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center on the eastern shores of the Dead Sea, with “Partnership, Cooperation, How to Continue Cooperation to Support Iraq and its Continuity” adopted as its chief motto.

Representatives from a number of regional countries and organisations, including Iraq, Jordan, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Turkey, as well delegates from France, the European Union, the Arab League, the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the G20, and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council will be in attendance.

The meeting takes place as several countries in the region are mired in unrest.

Syria remains a battleground for competing geopolitical interests, and Lebanon is stuck in an economic and political quagmire.

For over three months, Iran has bloodily suppressed a wave of popular demonstrations.

The meeting was also being attended by the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, who has been mediating talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Borrell met with Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, talks the EU diplomat said were "necessary... amidst deteriorating Iran-EU relations", adding that they agreed to keep communications open.