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Erbil with Washington «moral responsibility» for the protection of the Kurdistan Region
12/16/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add comments - the Kurdish leadership is looking forward to the role of U.S. resolve differences with Baghdad .. Especially around the oil
Erbil: Shirzad Shaikhani
with the escalation of the pace of American withdrawal from Iraq over the past two weeks, confers high-level delegation from the leadership of the Kurdistan region in Iraq with U.S. officials about the future of relations with the United States. The delegation includes the Kurdish both the President of the Presidium of the Kurdistan region Fouad Hussein , and the Minister of Natural Resources drastically, and the President of the Department of Foreign Relations Falah Mustafa territorial Government. The visit comes a month after the visit of Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region, Barham Salih to Washington. The delegation will discuss the implications of U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and issues related to the U.S. guarantees for the Kurds. Also being considered, the fate of the outstanding issues between Erbil and Baghdad, especially the oil contracts signed by the Government of the Territory with a number of foreign companies; including a large contract signed by the government on November 18 (November) the past with the company «Exxon Mobil» U.S., which caused an uproar in Baghdad. and raises the question of the final withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq with the New Year concern that the Kurdish leadership has already been called by several remarks to the need to resolve contentious issues outstanding between the regional and central governments in Iraq before the completion of a U.S. withdrawal, and this did not happen. A source in the Kurdish delegation told «Middle East» to the President of the Presidium of the region, Dr. Fuad Hussein called on during a meeting with member of Congress from the Republican Party of Colorado State Mike Coffman, the U.S. administration to «carry its moral support and protect the experience of Iraq's Kurdistan region through the promotion of Kurdish American bilateral relations ». And Hussein said the importance of care of a serious national dialogue between Iraqi parties to reach a radical solutions to controversial issues, pointing out that «the leadership of the region has always stressed on dialogue and negotiation to overcome the outstanding differences with Baghdad on the basis of the contents of the Iraqi Constitution; in the forefront of the dispute oil, and the development of the province Kirkuk and Article 140 of the disputed areas, as well as enhance participation in the Kurdish Iraqi army formations ». The disagreement oil; Among the most prominent points of the contract concluded by the Government of the Territory with the company «Exxon Mobil», the most important issues discussed by the Kurdish delegation with officials in the administration and Congress, where he explained Hawrami position of leadership of the region of the contract was concluded, according to his assertions, in line with the spirit of Iraqi constitution, which calls for the development of natural resources in Iraq. The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in another statement attributed to him that the officials of the company «Exxon Mobil» assured him during his visit to Washington that they would review the contract Ibrmoh with the Territory Government in this regard, without disclosing further details. In the meantime, he noted Congressman Alan West in the wake of his meeting with the delegation Kurdish, that «As a warrior, a veteran who served in the U.S. Army 22 years, and served in Iraq and work side by side with the Kurdish people, I can tell you In my experience, that the Kurdish people and Kurdish government are now, as they were always, strong allies of the United States, and it was their province, north of Iraq vulnerable to attack continuously, and now has begun the U.S. forces withdraw from Iraq, the Kurds are concerned about threats to their existence and their earnings economic, and rightly so, because the regional powers lie in wait to play a central role in the Iraqi government ». The member of Congress: «According to Mr. Fuad Hussein, the administration said President Obama in response to friends that they a special kind of». the Middle East
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