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Close to Maliki confirms that Iraq will not recognize borders with Kuwait without guarantees
29/02/2012 18:30
Member of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee and the representative of a coalition of state law, Sami al-Askari
"Portal Iraq," Baghdad - confirmed the Foreign Relations Committee in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, that Iraq will not recognize borders with Kuwait without the safeguards which, while considered to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries during the visit of the President of the government anticipated based on the seriousness of the Kuwaiti government.
A member of the Committee and the representative of a coalition of state law, Sami al-Askari, said that "the core issue of Kuwaitis are the limits, they want the Iraqi government to assure the United Nations recognizes Kuwait's borders present," noting that "Iraq can not give it easily without the guarantees set of things including a lack of impact that border on the Mlaanh. "
The UN Security Council issued Resolution 833 in 1993, which provides for the demarcation of the border between Iraq and Kuwait, which has a length of 216 km through the formation of an international commission to demarcate the border between the two parties, which was rejected by the regime of President Saddam Hussein first, but it was approved by the end of 1994 following international pressure, Iraqi officials insist that the border demarcation between the two countries were by force, and led to the deduction of Iraqi territory in terms of Safwan and Umm Qasr area, as well as reducing the area of ​​territorial waters.
He said the military, which is close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, that "the question of resolving the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Kuwait during Maliki's visit expected this month, depends on the seriousness of the Kuwaiti government to extend."
The source revealed, in the February 28, 2012, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will travel to Kuwait today to discuss the details of the President's visit to the Iraqi government, which said it expected to set the mid-March.
It was agreed that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a meeting with the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Baghdad, the believer, on February 14, the current visit to Kuwait by the Arab summit, while the latter stressed his country's desire to develop relations with Iraq in various fields.
She stressed the United Nations Mission in Iraq, (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 the work of the Joint Committee.
The file border disputes and oil between Iraq and Kuwait, began after Britain decided in 1961 granting the independence of Kuwait, and the rejection of the late Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qasim recognized as a state, called the time to annex to spend Basra, despite the recognition of the Iraqi government, dominated by the party in 1963 after the Baath regime overthrow Abdul Karim Kassem, the independence of Kuwait deal said by some historians that it was against the Iraqi government to give money because of the deficit, which was suffering from it, except that the former president Saddam Hussein, who belongs to the same party, he decided on the second of August 1990 the invasion of Kuwait militarily against the backdrop of problems on the border and Tsmha and the struggle for ownership of some oil fields, border, and about eight years after the fall of the former regime in 2003, most of these problems are still caught between the two countries.
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29/02/2012 18:30
Member of the Parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee and the representative of a coalition of state law, Sami al-Askari
"Portal Iraq," Baghdad - confirmed the Foreign Relations Committee in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, that Iraq will not recognize borders with Kuwait without the safeguards which, while considered to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries during the visit of the President of the government anticipated based on the seriousness of the Kuwaiti government.
A member of the Committee and the representative of a coalition of state law, Sami al-Askari, said that "the core issue of Kuwaitis are the limits, they want the Iraqi government to assure the United Nations recognizes Kuwait's borders present," noting that "Iraq can not give it easily without the guarantees set of things including a lack of impact that border on the Mlaanh. "
The UN Security Council issued Resolution 833 in 1993, which provides for the demarcation of the border between Iraq and Kuwait, which has a length of 216 km through the formation of an international commission to demarcate the border between the two parties, which was rejected by the regime of President Saddam Hussein first, but it was approved by the end of 1994 following international pressure, Iraqi officials insist that the border demarcation between the two countries were by force, and led to the deduction of Iraqi territory in terms of Safwan and Umm Qasr area, as well as reducing the area of ​​territorial waters.
He said the military, which is close to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, that "the question of resolving the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Kuwait during Maliki's visit expected this month, depends on the seriousness of the Kuwaiti government to extend."
The source revealed, in the February 28, 2012, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will travel to Kuwait today to discuss the details of the President's visit to the Iraqi government, which said it expected to set the mid-March.
It was agreed that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a meeting with the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Baghdad, the believer, on February 14, the current visit to Kuwait by the Arab summit, while the latter stressed his country's desire to develop relations with Iraq in various fields.
She stressed the United Nations Mission in Iraq, (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 the work of the Joint Committee.
The file border disputes and oil between Iraq and Kuwait, began after Britain decided in 1961 granting the independence of Kuwait, and the rejection of the late Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qasim recognized as a state, called the time to annex to spend Basra, despite the recognition of the Iraqi government, dominated by the party in 1963 after the Baath regime overthrow Abdul Karim Kassem, the independence of Kuwait deal said by some historians that it was against the Iraqi government to give money because of the deficit, which was suffering from it, except that the former president Saddam Hussein, who belongs to the same party, he decided on the second of August 1990 the invasion of Kuwait militarily against the backdrop of problems on the border and Tsmha and the struggle for ownership of some oil fields, border, and about eight years after the fall of the former regime in 2003, most of these problems are still caught between the two countries.
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