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President of Kurdistan Region held a meeting with a delegation of EU ambassadors to discuss the current crisis in Iraq
17/02/2013 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add a comment -
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Held by His Excellency the President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani, on the evening of Saturday, 16/2/2013, in the resort of Salahaddin in Arbil, a meeting with a delegation of ambassadors from EU countries to Iraq included representatives of 27 European countries. At the outset of the meeting, declared the European Union's ambassador to Iraq, that this visit was based on the recommendations of the European Union with a view to sharing directly on the views of the President of the Kurdistan Region and consulted regarding the current crisis on the Iraqi political scene and causes bud and ways to address them. The delegation stated concern of the EU serious concern this crisis and that it will not support any party and would take a neutral stance in the absence of commitment by the parties to items Iraqi constitution and treaties, and that the Union is the meeting with the President of the Kurdistan Region is very important and will take into consideration the important views and positions of regional president to put it through the Brussels meeting, which is scheduled to take place during the next week. declared EU Ambassador also that the position of the European Union is with a serious dialogue between the parties and the Iraqi factions to reach radical solutions to end the current crisis, and that he wants to provide assistance to all parties in order to end the problems and differences that facing the political process. He also announced that Iraq is today a real deep crisis it is necessary shred radical solution. The Ambassador also discussed the European Union to the need to abide by the terms Sudtor Iraq, and said that all these problems back reasons to not abide by the constitution, and said if the parties were committed to the terms of the Constitution because there was no problem in Iraq. And Kurds will be on always part of a political solution and will do their best to address this crisis. It is scheduled to convene an expanded meeting based on the desire of the Iraqi parties end of the month in the capital Arbil in order to: 1 Study and assess the current situation. Take 2 procedures and the necessary measures. Regarding the electoral process, stressed the President of the Kurdistan Region President Barzani, we are also with free and fair elections and Mhadah , but before the date of this election must be made accurate census and could the EU play an important role in this area. With respect to conditions of Kurds in Syria, President Barzani that the number of Syrian refugees in the region arrived yet 75,000 refugees and that the Government and the people of Kurdistan have aid continuously for these refugees and will continue to provide such assistance. At the conclusion of the meeting asked the ambassadors of the EU (Bologna, Czech, Spain, Sweden, Slovakia, Romania, Britain, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, the Netherlands) a number of questions and inquiries on His Excellency the President of the Kurdistan Region, where answered at length. He described the European Union's ambassador to Iraq this meeting as significant, calling to continue to hold such meetings regularly and continuously. This meeting was attended by all of the d. Fuad Hussein, President Barzani's Chief Falah Mustafa, head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
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