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Optimistic expectations of relations, Iraq - Kuwait: pave the way for building a strategic economic alliance
Expect Iraqi experts familiar with the nature of the development of relations, Iraq - Kuwait, to pave the way for a strategic alliance would be an economic system away from the Gulf Cooperation Council. Over the past period of high official visits at the level of heads of government delegations and various ministerial and deputy. The Delegation of Kuwaiti annexation of ministers and MPs during a visit to Baghdad on the need for Iraq's accession to the GCC and in the activation of the Silk Road to serve the common interests and economic development in the region.
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the importance of developing relations between the two countries in all fields, especially economic, again invited Kuwaiti companies to invest in Iraq. He revealed the son of the Emir of Kuwait, Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad, who visited the Kurdistan region of Iraq on 19 April last, a tendency Kuwaiti partnership with Iraq within the system of regional countries, the northern Gulf, pointing out that his country aims, through this system to diversify its economy so as not to depend on oil in the form completely.
Ties Iraq - Kuwait finally made progress in solving some outstanding problems, as the parties agreed during the visit of Maliki's recent visit to Kuwait on 14 March last to end the issue of compensation on the company «Kuwait Airways» and maintenance of border markers, as agreed on the common ground to resolve All files during the short time scales, with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who accompanied al-Maliki in his visit, that what is agreed is a significant progress in the direction of withdrawal of Iraq from Chapter VII.
The head of the Center for Arab Studies in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Baghdad, Hamid al-Tamimi said in a statement to «life»: «I realized Kuwait that next to a strong state economically, began after decades of hostility with the international community because of the policies of the former regime and her concern for internal problems after 2003, regaining recover gradually ». He pointed out that «Iraq's international standing, especially after the introduction of oil companies and others entered into a huge investment, and thus become difficult to return Iraq against the international community with the presence of these giant companies representing Western interests, and payment of Kuwaitis to think in new states to contain Iraq instead of minerals ».
Insofar as the method by which to contain Iraq, he said: «There are many methods, including the boot of the Alliance, or coordination and economic integration, which are also the shortest way to strengthen the relationship between any two», explaining that the second dimension is that the system GCC, after three decades of its inception, has become unable to progress beyond the steps of the current image of the Union, a much weaker image of the latest systems ».
He pointed out that «everyone afraid of the nature of Maliki's visit Kuwait, and its contents and the agreements entered into, nor can the problems of a quarter-century continued to be resolved one visit».
And ways to remove these fears of Iraq, said «it is governed by a factor of one is the power of the Iraqi state economically, and not place the military acquired the former, which brought destruction and bite off a lot of land, the world is now driven by the economy, Iraq and the gift of God and the wealth of powerful can be used».
The MP for the Iraqi List, Hamid al-Mutlaq, that «the House of Representatives is able to cancel the agreements concluded by the Government with the Kuwaiti side finally if they harm the country, but it was not clear so far». And concluded the Iraqi government with the Kuwaiti side during the meetings of the Iraq - Kuwait, which was held in Baghdad, headed by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries, two agreements, one for cooperation and the second to form a joint committee to coordinate the navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah and organization, while for the signing of other agreements, pending submission to the government and parliament in both countries.
They pointed to government sources, «life» that the Supreme Committee of Ministers, Iraq - Kuwait discussed the two main axes, namely the joint oil fields and export Iraqi gas to Kuwait. It is noteworthy that the second draft back to the period of the previous regime, has stretched the tube but he stopped and tried the Oil Ministry in 2003 run but exceptional circumstances prevented it.
The head of the National Commission for Investment in Iraq Sami Raouf al-Araji, his country's keenness to strengthen economic and trade relations with Kuwait and seeks to open doors for Kuwaiti investment in the public and private sectors and to overcome obstacles.
He stressed that the face of the al-Maliki to cooperate with Kuwait in the development and economic opportunities available, pointing out that the value of these investments in the oil sector only about $ 25 billion.
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Expect Iraqi experts familiar with the nature of the development of relations, Iraq - Kuwait, to pave the way for a strategic alliance would be an economic system away from the Gulf Cooperation Council. Over the past period of high official visits at the level of heads of government delegations and various ministerial and deputy. The Delegation of Kuwaiti annexation of ministers and MPs during a visit to Baghdad on the need for Iraq's accession to the GCC and in the activation of the Silk Road to serve the common interests and economic development in the region.
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the importance of developing relations between the two countries in all fields, especially economic, again invited Kuwaiti companies to invest in Iraq. He revealed the son of the Emir of Kuwait, Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad, who visited the Kurdistan region of Iraq on 19 April last, a tendency Kuwaiti partnership with Iraq within the system of regional countries, the northern Gulf, pointing out that his country aims, through this system to diversify its economy so as not to depend on oil in the form completely.
Ties Iraq - Kuwait finally made progress in solving some outstanding problems, as the parties agreed during the visit of Maliki's recent visit to Kuwait on 14 March last to end the issue of compensation on the company «Kuwait Airways» and maintenance of border markers, as agreed on the common ground to resolve All files during the short time scales, with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who accompanied al-Maliki in his visit, that what is agreed is a significant progress in the direction of withdrawal of Iraq from Chapter VII.
The head of the Center for Arab Studies in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Baghdad, Hamid al-Tamimi said in a statement to «life»: «I realized Kuwait that next to a strong state economically, began after decades of hostility with the international community because of the policies of the former regime and her concern for internal problems after 2003, regaining recover gradually ». He pointed out that «Iraq's international standing, especially after the introduction of oil companies and others entered into a huge investment, and thus become difficult to return Iraq against the international community with the presence of these giant companies representing Western interests, and payment of Kuwaitis to think in new states to contain Iraq instead of minerals ».
Insofar as the method by which to contain Iraq, he said: «There are many methods, including the boot of the Alliance, or coordination and economic integration, which are also the shortest way to strengthen the relationship between any two», explaining that the second dimension is that the system GCC, after three decades of its inception, has become unable to progress beyond the steps of the current image of the Union, a much weaker image of the latest systems ».
He pointed out that «everyone afraid of the nature of Maliki's visit Kuwait, and its contents and the agreements entered into, nor can the problems of a quarter-century continued to be resolved one visit».
And ways to remove these fears of Iraq, said «it is governed by a factor of one is the power of the Iraqi state economically, and not place the military acquired the former, which brought destruction and bite off a lot of land, the world is now driven by the economy, Iraq and the gift of God and the wealth of powerful can be used».
The MP for the Iraqi List, Hamid al-Mutlaq, that «the House of Representatives is able to cancel the agreements concluded by the Government with the Kuwaiti side finally if they harm the country, but it was not clear so far». And concluded the Iraqi government with the Kuwaiti side during the meetings of the Iraq - Kuwait, which was held in Baghdad, headed by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries, two agreements, one for cooperation and the second to form a joint committee to coordinate the navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah and organization, while for the signing of other agreements, pending submission to the government and parliament in both countries.
They pointed to government sources, «life» that the Supreme Committee of Ministers, Iraq - Kuwait discussed the two main axes, namely the joint oil fields and export Iraqi gas to Kuwait. It is noteworthy that the second draft back to the period of the previous regime, has stretched the tube but he stopped and tried the Oil Ministry in 2003 run but exceptional circumstances prevented it.
The head of the National Commission for Investment in Iraq Sami Raouf al-Araji, his country's keenness to strengthen economic and trade relations with Kuwait and seeks to open doors for Kuwaiti investment in the public and private sectors and to overcome obstacles.
He stressed that the face of the al-Maliki to cooperate with Kuwait in the development and economic opportunities available, pointing out that the value of these investments in the oil sector only about $ 25 billion.
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