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Maliki confirms the importance of developing relations, Iraq - United Arab Emirates
18/02/2012
Al Nahyan, from Baghdad to increase coordination and cooperation serves the interests of the two
BAGHDAD - Al Sabah
I learned the "morning" from a political source said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit the United Arab Emirates United after his visit to Kuwait prior to the Arab summit in Baghdad at the end next March.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has received the official in his office yesterday UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the delegation accompanying him.
Maliki confirmed during the meeting, the importance of developing relations between Iraq and the UAE in all areas, were also discussed during the meeting in the last developments in the Arab arena.
For his part, al-Nahayan, according to a statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister received the "morning," a copy of it, the need for greater coordination and cooperation, to serve the interests of both countries and peoples.
He also sent an invitation to al-Nahayan, the Prime Minister to visit the United Arab Emirates, and the promise of the last meeting them as soon as possible.
The UAE announced, in (7 December 2011) its willingness to train and equip Iraqi forces, while confirming its intention to develop relations between the two countries in all fields. And resumed Iraqi ministerial committee - the Joint United Arab Emirates, in the 17 of January, its work after a break of ten years, and agreed to edit the minutes of the meeting to determine the procedures and mechanisms are needed on both sides to implement agreements and memoranda of understanding between the two countries.
The Prime Minister said during his meeting with UAE Ambassador in Baghdad on January 30 2010, Iraq's desire Avenue in the establishment of better relations with all Arab countries, and hoped that the relationship between him and the UAE a model for these relations.
And began diplomatic relations between Iraq and the UAE in 1971, but this relationship was cut off after the invasion of the former regime of Kuwait in 1990, and in 11 of the month of November 2004, was appointed Faris al-Yawar as ambassador to Iraq in the UAE, where he presented his credentials on the seventh of February 2005, but he finished his mission in June 2008.
He also announced UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on the fifth of June 2008, during his visit to the capital Baghdad, the reopening of the UAE Embassy, naming Abdullah Al-Shehhi's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates in Iraq.
In the 19 September 2011, the Iraqi Ambassador in the United Arab Emirates Arshad Tawfiq his credentials to the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
It is said that Emirates was the first Arab state canceled all the debts on Iraq as supportive of the country after the fall of the dictatorial regime.
Meanwhile, confirmed the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers that the Kuwaiti side seemed more open than before in dealing with Iraq to resolve the outstanding problems between the two countries.
The Secretary General of the Council of Ministers on the Keywords in a statement to the representative of the "morning" Tariq al-Araji: "The Kuwaiti side seemed more open than before in dealing with Iraq to resolve the outstanding problems between the two countries," noting that praise the United Nations, the development of the talks the Iraqi-Kuwaiti was the result of observed details the positions of Iraq, which was still a positive attitude and does not involve any kind of create any problem, but his position looking for a solution and to achieve solutions to national interests while preserving the rights of both sides.
She stressed the United Nations Mission in Iraq, on 8 December 2011, that Iraq and Kuwait have made little progress on normalizing bilateral relations, while noting that the two eternal willingness to resolve outstanding problems, expressed the hope that the visit of Maliki's visit to Kuwait to resume work Joint Committee.
He added: Keywords that "Iraq and in all his talks with the Kuwaiti side was positive, both on the file of compensation or missing, or other files, and the Kuwaiti side to find out in this matter, the United Nations in contact with the subject and have a feeling that Iraq wants to solve problems are not complicated.
Keywords and saw that the current phase of talks shrouded in positive progress is better than before, and that Iraq wants to continue this trend by the Kuwaiti side to end all outstanding issues between the two countries.
It is scheduled to visit Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Kuwait before the Arab summit in Baghdad at the end next March, when he said al-Maliki during a meeting with the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq, to the insured last week, Iraq's desire to build constructive relations with all Arab states, especially Kuwait, calling to move towards a new era of trust and mutual respect, turn the page on the past, with the transfer of the desire of the Kuwaiti ambassador, Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the development of bilateral relations at all levels.
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