Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Thursday that his country is not intended to make any more initiatives to establish better relations with Saudi Arabia, but is open for Saudi initiative.

"Iraq will not make other initiatives as long as Saudi Arabia shows no desire for better ties," Maliki said in a statement posted on the government website.

Iraqi Shiite-dominated government is improving relationship with most of its neighboring countries, but still making no progress in relationship with Sunni-dominated regional power Saudi Arabia.

"Saudi Arabia has negative stance toward Iraq. We have offered not only normal ties but also positive ones, however, our initiative was wrongly understood in Riyadh as sign of weakness," Maliki said.

Nevertheless, Maliki left the door ajar for any Saudi goodwill move, saying "we are ready to accept any Saudi initiative."

The Iraqi government frequently accuses Saudi Arabia of not doing enough to halt cross-border terrorism, including supporting Sunni insurgency after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

For its part, Saudi Arabia blames post-war Shiite leaders in Iraq of stirring up sectarian divisions that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. 　

Source: Xinhua