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Because of concern .. Kuwait delays Maliki's visit
On: Wed, 12/01/2012 10:31
Baghdad / term
Kuwaiti government announced yesterday, the postponement of the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki because of concern the general election, while confirming that they are looking forward with interest-Maliki's visit to complete the negotiations and resolve outstanding issues.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al-Sabah said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "Kuwaiti Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and told him to postpone his visit to Kuwait because of the Government's preoccupation with the general election" . The morning that "the Kuwaiti government are looking forward to the visit of Prime Minister of Iraq to complete the negotiations and resolve outstanding issues," noting that "the Iraqi-Kuwaiti joint and developed a roadmap to develop the solutions for all the sticking points and complete what has been reached during the discussions held during the year 2011." The The Iraqi government has announced, in mid-November 2011, that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's invitation from his Kuwaiti counterpart Nasser Hamad to visit Kuwait, to discuss outstanding issues between the two countries and find ways to solve them, but that the visit had not been so far, due to recent political developments in Kuwait after the the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah.
The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah agreed on the 28 of November 2011, the resignation of the Government of Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah, after massive demonstrations demanding the government resign. The Council announced support for Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations, in the 24 of October the second last, that the Iraqi government is preparing to hand over to Kuwait as part of its archives, who lost in 1991 and, while stressing that the Iraqi government is serious in the search for missing Kuwaiti, he noted that those missing had disappeared after the fall of the former regime. revealed the Council, at the 26 September the past, to take the Iraqi government decisions strictly limit trade with Kuwait, stressing that it was raising the fees on trucks coming from Kuwait, from 25 thousand dinars to $ 100, and to prevent the passage of more than 60 trucks per day through the port Safwan border after the 2000 closed. He asked Iraq in the 27 of July, an official from Kuwait to stop work temporarily Port Mubarak, so make sure that the rights of Iraq in the shipping lines and sail free and security in the shared water are not affected in the event of construction of the port, while Kuwait said, the same day, for refusing the request of Iraq to stop construction of a port Mubarak, saying that Iraq's request in this regard is not based on any legal basis, and with renewed emphasis on it is located within the Kuwaiti border, she noted that the port does not impede navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah.
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