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Iraq warns its citizens in Canada, the deposit of funds in the "Quebec and Montreal."
Ali Aldhargam - 11/02/2012 PM - 9:42 p.m.
Warned the Iraqi government, on Saturday, the citizens of the deposit of money in Canadian banks for fear of confiscation, while the central bank said the country's vulnerability to attack lawsuits demanding compensation for damage to "fake".
A government source said in a press statement, "that" instructions had been issued by the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to all federal ministries and local governments in the provinces warning the deposit of funds in banks in Quebec and Montreal, or do business there for fear of confiscation. "
The source explained that "the result of some foreign companies deportation proceedings against some Iraqi institutions of the countries of origin to the Canadian provinces to implement the provisions issued by the countries of the region where the law allows this."
The information received to Iraq, indicating the existence of compensation complaints filed by companies and individuals against some Iraqi institutions.
He added that "This information came from the federal government to the Iraqi Consulate in Ottawa, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that."
The source pointed out that "in 2008 was deported judicial decision British against Iraqi Airways to Montreal for its implementation, and resulted in a booking office and the home of the Consul General of Iraq and dozens of aircraft that have been purchased from a Bombrder, and the case is still in the Supreme Court of Quebec."
It is said that is why the end of May the Council of Ministers in 2010 to abolish the Iraqi Airways all configurations related management, and referral of workers to another company to overcome the claim of Kuwait as part of the amounts of compensation.
For his part, adviser to the Iraqi Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed Saleh, said that "Iraq is under attack false claims in the courts of several issues to blackmail him talk about the damage and taking advantage of the fake change that took place after 2003."
He added that "there are many of these cases won by Iraq during the past years," explaining that "in the Ministry of Justice, an experienced legal team to address these claims and addressed in the international courts and has extensive relationships with lawyers and international lawyers."
Iraq has suffered from the consequences of international sanctions imposed on the country during the reign of the former regime, which came under Chapter VII as a threat to international peace, following the military invasion of Kuwait, the beginning of August 1990.
The Iraqi government has already expressed concern that Canada has become an arena for settling legal disputes against Iraq.
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