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British Ambassador to Kuwait: Iraq's objection to the port of Mubarak "illogical!"
Wednesday, August 10 / August 2011 11:24 | Author: mustakbal |
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Considered the British Ambassador in Kuwait, Iraq, Frank Baker's objection to the construction of a port that Mubarak is unreasonable, noting that the implementation of the right of Kuwait and build the basis of its legitimacy and the absolute sovereignty over its territory, according to Al-Watan.
Quoted by the newspaper in its issue yesterday (Tuesday) for the British Ambassador to Kuwait Frank Baker said during a press conference held yesterday morning at the Center for British visas, "The implementation of the right of Kuwait and the construction of this port from its legitimacy and the absolute sovereignty over its territory."
He said Baker, that "what is raised by the Iraqi side on the building project is a logical port of Mubarak, the fact that implements the port inside Kuwaiti territory," stressing "the need to resolve the dispute through direct negotiations away from the escalation and bickering."
The Iraqi Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri, on May 25 last, said Kuwait's decision to build a port Mubarak Al-Kabir near the Iraqi coast is a violation of the UN resolution by the Security Council No. 833, As explained that the waterway, Iraq will be part of the port of Kuwait, said that in the construction of the port injustice much on Iraq.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Services Affairs Saleh al-Mutlaq considered on 6 July, that the establishment of Port Mubarak of Kuwait in its current location, "Harsha" in Iraq, a red line Iraq can not be tolerated, while calling for Minister of Transport, Hadi Amiri, the Kuwaiti government to find an alternative site for the establishment of the port to insist that built in its current location would harm relations the two countries
To that quoted a government source Kuwaiti saying that "the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense has taken security precautions to a very large port of Mubarak the Great from the moment of its creation," pointing to "the existence of a military force on the island of Bubiyan is the military police« system of Amun »defense and secret intelligence and secret defense air and the confidentiality of the Brigade 35 and a company of the Sixth Brigade and naval force. "
And lit the source said, "The Defense Department has worked to secure the port by land, sea and air before the start of work to do," adding that "such a procedure in place in many countries before the start of any project is vital to be adjacent to the borders of another country, noting that the force did not monitor any abuse or breach of security in and around the port. "
Kuwait was announced on the sixth of April its intention to create a port of Mubarak Al-Kabir near the Iraqi border, after a year of the Declaration on the development and the Iraqi transport ministry the foundation stone for the construction of the port of Faw, causing the outbreak of the crisis between the two countries, in a time when there Kuwaitis that Mainahm will be consequences of economic and strategic task, confirms officials and Iraqi experts that the port of Kuwait will reduce the importance of Iraqi ports, and restrict navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah channel leading to the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor Al-Zubair and make the draft port of Faw worthless. / End.
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Wednesday, August 10 / August 2011 11:24 | Author: mustakbal |
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Considered the British Ambassador in Kuwait, Iraq, Frank Baker's objection to the construction of a port that Mubarak is unreasonable, noting that the implementation of the right of Kuwait and build the basis of its legitimacy and the absolute sovereignty over its territory, according to Al-Watan.
Quoted by the newspaper in its issue yesterday (Tuesday) for the British Ambassador to Kuwait Frank Baker said during a press conference held yesterday morning at the Center for British visas, "The implementation of the right of Kuwait and the construction of this port from its legitimacy and the absolute sovereignty over its territory."
He said Baker, that "what is raised by the Iraqi side on the building project is a logical port of Mubarak, the fact that implements the port inside Kuwaiti territory," stressing "the need to resolve the dispute through direct negotiations away from the escalation and bickering."
The Iraqi Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri, on May 25 last, said Kuwait's decision to build a port Mubarak Al-Kabir near the Iraqi coast is a violation of the UN resolution by the Security Council No. 833, As explained that the waterway, Iraq will be part of the port of Kuwait, said that in the construction of the port injustice much on Iraq.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Services Affairs Saleh al-Mutlaq considered on 6 July, that the establishment of Port Mubarak of Kuwait in its current location, "Harsha" in Iraq, a red line Iraq can not be tolerated, while calling for Minister of Transport, Hadi Amiri, the Kuwaiti government to find an alternative site for the establishment of the port to insist that built in its current location would harm relations the two countries
To that quoted a government source Kuwaiti saying that "the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense has taken security precautions to a very large port of Mubarak the Great from the moment of its creation," pointing to "the existence of a military force on the island of Bubiyan is the military police« system of Amun »defense and secret intelligence and secret defense air and the confidentiality of the Brigade 35 and a company of the Sixth Brigade and naval force. "
And lit the source said, "The Defense Department has worked to secure the port by land, sea and air before the start of work to do," adding that "such a procedure in place in many countries before the start of any project is vital to be adjacent to the borders of another country, noting that the force did not monitor any abuse or breach of security in and around the port. "
Kuwait was announced on the sixth of April its intention to create a port of Mubarak Al-Kabir near the Iraqi border, after a year of the Declaration on the development and the Iraqi transport ministry the foundation stone for the construction of the port of Faw, causing the outbreak of the crisis between the two countries, in a time when there Kuwaitis that Mainahm will be consequences of economic and strategic task, confirms officials and Iraqi experts that the port of Kuwait will reduce the importance of Iraqi ports, and restrict navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah channel leading to the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor Al-Zubair and make the draft port of Faw worthless. / End.
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