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Kuwait is seeking to reduce the impact of Mubarak in the port of Iraqi navigation
22/08/2011
Council of Ministers will discuss tomorrow the report of the Technical Committee
BAGHDAD - morning,
prepared the technical committee, which visited Kuwait recently, its own port Mubarak, in preparation for discussion at the Council of Ministers tomorrow, without revealing its content, but *****a source close to the detection of the "morning" for the Kuwaiti side***** expressed its readiness to Tak procedures limit the impact of the port in the navigation of Iraq.*****
rejected the Technical Committee Chairman, Chairman of the advisers in the Prime Minister Thamer Ghadban, disclosure contained in the Commission's report, saying only: "The technical committee completed its tasks and prepared its final report which will discuss the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. "
He added "morning", saying: "The issue of such a task should be discussed thoroughly."
The Anger "The technical committee, which visited Kuwait recently has no power to negotiating, but the technical committee professional did not address the any political aspects. "
*****For his part, revealed a source close to the government delegation, who was briefed on the ground on the port of Mubarak, the presence of Kuwaiti wish to make changes in the structure design of the port which is located in the body of water in the Khor Abdullah to remove the negative impact on his residence.*****
"Al- morning, "the source said the delegation, who returned Thursday from Kuwait will report on various aspects of the crisis, the project of Kuwait and the solutions provided by the parties and technical advice aimed at ending the crisis.
The experts on marine had confirmed earlier in the "morning" that the only solution to solve crisis port and ensure the stability of the region in the future is crawling the project site from the area the narrow Khawr Abd Allah waterway to the coast open to the Persian Gulf.
The source revealed that the proposals of Kuwait, which plans to be implemented and submitted to the Iraqi side is to change some paths port on the body of water to the Khor Abdullah and the abolition of stages of construction contrary , charts, technical solutions developed by the Kuwaiti side.
He said the delegation headed by Thamer Ghadban included the chief of naval force and the Director of Military Survey and the General Manager of ports and an official Centre of Marine Sciences at the University of Basra and experts in the law, stressing that the committee will be presented the minutes of the joint meeting with the Kuwaiti side, The results of the report prepared by the Council of Ministers tomorrow to discuss it so they can be to take appropriate decision thereon.
A delegation of the Ministry of Transport had accompanied the delegation of Foreign Affairs last May to Kuwait for the same purpose, and prepared a report, said in one of its paragraphs that the location of the port of Mubarak is well suited to hand navigation and move to another location on the Kuwaiti coast with a length of 500 km to achieve safety and security of navigation of ships in the Khor Abdullah bound for the port of Umm Qasr.
to the description of the leadership of the state law Sami al-Askari described the military build-up of Kuwait on the Iraqi border to "measure the wrong The move is wise, "calling the region's countries need to abandon the approach to the military threat, especially since the issues can be resolved through dialogue.
Sami al-Askari said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "the crowd of Kuwait on the Iraqi border is the concept of never because the problems between the two countries , especially those related to the port of Mubarak, do not solve such a way, "he said, adding that" the action of Kuwait is wrong and is unwise. "
and asked the military "nature of the message you want to Kuwait that inspires Iraq mobilized the military," expressing surprise "from the perception of Kuwait, they can to frighten the Iraqis to mobilize a few hundred or thousands of soldiers on their borders. "and called on the military, a leader of a coalition of state law, the region's countries and their governments to" abandon the approach to the threat of military or military build-up, especially since the issues are the kind that can be solved through dialogue "as he put it.
accused the military of some political forces in Kuwait to work on the "fuel air public against Iraq", describing these developments to "approach the grave was not in the interests of both countries." The Committee on Defense and Security Parliamentary revealed, on 17 Aug., for moves freely, "suspicious" by the Kuwaiti side in the Persian Gulf, noting that the United States has not yet submitted their reports on the military buildup in the areas of Safwan and the Persian Gulf and the port of Mubarak, to the Iraqi government.
It is noteworthy that Kuwait began on the sixth of April, the establishment of Port Mubarak Grand Island Boubyan near the Iraqi coast, after exactly a year to develop Iraq's transport ministry the foundation stone for the construction of the port of Faw, what caused the outbreak of the crisis between the two countries, at a time when there Kuwaitis that Mainahm will have the results of economic and strategic mission, officials insist 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." Iraq had formally requested from Kuwait, on July 27 last, turn off the temporarily to the project, for while making sure that the rights of navigation are not affected in the event of completion of the project, but that Kuwait announced its rejection of the application, arguing that it is not based on any legal basis, as renewed confirmation that the project is located within its borders, and not hinder navigation in the Khawr Abd God.
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