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Kuwait's government calls "officially" off work port Mubarak
28/07/2011
Send to near the second committee to address the issue .. And Transportation says the project is an abuse of "Law of the Sea"
BAGHDAD - Omar Abdel-Latif
Demanded the Iraqi government counterpart Kuwaiti formally suspend work in Port Mubarak, while I went back and the Ministry of Transport Project Kuwait contrary to the Law of the Sea adopted by the United Nations in 1982. This comes at a time when it was announced by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari near the sending of a technical committee back to Kuwait to resolve dilemmas about the case. and the government expressed "concern of the establishment of the port of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Kuwait in light of the lack of information and data sufficient rest assured not to prejudice the interests of Iraq." said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement received "morning copy of it:" Iraq is concern of damage to the rights navigational in the Khor Abdullah and shared water according to the rules of international law and UN Security Council resolutions. "The statement called on Kuwait," the suspension of the establishment of Port Mubarak pending to ensure that the rights of Iraq in the shipping lines and sail free and safe in the shared water are not affected ", urging Kuwait," to cooperate by Iraqi commission responsible for monitoring this issue and provide the information required to access the position preserves the rights of Iraq and its people. "
For his part, Foreign Minister, the government continues to address the issue of port Mubarak through official diplomatic channels. Zebari said at a news conference attended by "morning": that "Call two days before his Kuwaiti counterpart Mohammad al-Sabah to talk about this issue and send a technical committee back to the State of Kuwait, consisting of experts and specialists in all fields and representatives of the Foreign Affairs and Transportation and the Military Survey and the use of consultants international to address this issue including consistent with the interests of both countries, declaring approval of the Kuwaiti side to receive the committee. In response to a question by the "morning", on the position of saying the Kuwaiti government: that this project will be built on the land of Kuwait and unrelated to the one him, "said Foreign Minister:" The Kuwait every right in this issue sovereign and the port of Mubarak is located within their territory on the grounds that Bubiyan Island is part of the territorial integrity of Kuwait, no one disagrees with that, but the problematic developments are on the traffic and the freedom of navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah channel .. As for us we can not speak on their behalf , but even in setting up projects between the countries of the right neighbor to ask and inquire about, in order not to harm our interests such matters. "
In the meantime, I went back and the Ministry of Transport, Port Project Mubarak, contrary to the international Law of the Sea, published in 1982, hoping to adjust the Kuwaiti authorities to continue the project in its current location.
A media adviser to the Minister of Transport Karim Nouri said in a statement the "morning": that the Act provided that: the consent should be obtained on the riparian States in the case of the establishment of any island or port, stressing that this law is binding on all States.
And said: "Kuwait not to be drawn behind the regional plans are trying to create discord between the two neighboring countries," and expressed hope that "Kuwait to respond to calls to stop the project and choose another site does not harm the Iraqi economy."
The Nouri that can Kuwait exploit vast areas have to set up the port rather than the current site, noting that the Ministry of Transport as the body concerned with the assessment the technical aspects of the project, has reached a fully convinced that the project-based cause great damage to the Iraqi economy. The media adviser wished to respond Kuwait of the ways in diplomacy pursued by the Iraqi government in dealing with this issue, noting that "the position of the ministry not only with international intervention, as long as there is a possibility to solve this problem peacefully between the parties concerned." He pointed out that the Ministry of Transport is moving in this regard two directions: first, to convince Kuwait to refrain from the construction of the port, and the second to speed up the establishment of the port of Faw, revealing at the same time that the project does not affect the Kuwaiti port of Faw in the importance and feasibility of its establishment.
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