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Parliamentary Defense and Security refuses to involve Iraq's neighbors in crises
On: Saturday 05/05/2012 9:21
Baghdad / Ines Tariq
MP for the security and defense committee in the House of Representatives Hamid al-Mutlaq said there are risks surrounding Iraq if the use of airspace for the transit of weapons from one country to another.
Mutlaq said in a statement (range): that Iraq does not want to be a tool of third parties or party problems of the countries that share with us, adding that the danger is that the transfer of arms across the Iraqi territory from Iran
To Syria, because the policy of Iraq today rely on non-interference in the internal affairs of neighboring countries or others, also do not allow that to interfere in our affairs, noting that the country is still day to suffer from interference neighbors in our internal affairs.
government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said A few days ago, that the reports that there were weapons transferred to Syria via Iraq is not correct, as some members of Parliament, said that Iraq has taken new measures to curb the rumors, which condemns Iraq's transfer of arms to Syria on the way. In this regard, said a member of the Commission on Security and Defence parliamentary Hussein net in a press statement that reports that condemn Iraq for allowing cargo planes to transfer weapons to Syria through the air space is not correct, pointing out that Iraq does not allow to happen like this.
He said al-Mutlaq, a deputy from the Iraqi List, his by saying: We want our policy to be derived from attention to our interests first, and then the interests of our neighbors, secondly, what we want today's non-interference in Syrian affairs as we want to boarding in our decisions of State, it is important not to interfere in the policy of others and do not allow that to interfere in our affairs.
The government America has urged Iraq to respect UN resolution that prevents the export of arms from Iran and stop arms transfers to Syria through its airspace. According to a statement issued by the U.S. Department of State, raised the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, the issue with senior Iraqi officials, and stressed their commitment to ensuring that the use of Iraqi territory and airspace in the transfer of weapons to Syria. Rejected the political forces that Iraq will be a conduit for the transfer of weapons from state to state intervention in the affairs of others, as was the government's position clear in this regard, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in a statement issued by his office that "Iraq is not allowed to be land or skies passage of arms in any direction and from any source," stressing that "Iraq continues to application of its policy of drying up the sources of violence and weapons in general and especially for the case of Syria. " The government asserted that Iraq is "a mechanism to inspect and verify that shipments passing in the land, sky carrying goods and commodities human and not a weapon, so as to ensure the implementation of his policy opposed to arm and push for a political solution to the situation in Syria contributes to the maintenance of interests and objectives of the Syrian people and protect him from further spilling blood. "
The U.S. officials said the Iraqi government refused U.S. requests to stop cargo flights of Iran to Syria, despite the knowledge of information credible intelligence that the planes carrying about thirty tons of weapons. and The Washington Times that the United States had made in recent months, several requests to the Iraqi government including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to stop either direct flights or to allow inspections of aircraft according to international law, but Iraq rejected the requests, saying that the aircraft carrying humanitarian aid only.
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