November 9, 2009
Al-Zubaidi is expected to hold a meeting with the Kuwaiti side to resolve the outstanding issues
He argued that appointments are not a strategic decision has to do with budget
بغداد ـ طارق الأعرجي Baghdad, Tariq al-Araji
Ministry of Finance is expected to be a meeting of the Iraqi-Kuwaiti Joint Committee during the next term to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries had indicated that the decision to stop the Prime Minister's appointments to State services not related to the general budget or low oil prices.
He said Finance Minister Bayan Jabr said in a statement the "morning", said he expected to see the next few months a meeting of the Iraq-Kuwait in an effort to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries, especially after showing goodwill towards Kuwait from Iraq during the recent statements by Kuwaiti officials could be resolved question of reparations owed by Iraq in the form of investment projects carried out by the Kuwaiti companies within the program of reconstruction of Iraq.
He added that through what has been presented by the Kuwaiti foreign minister was left on Iraq, but the follow-up with the Kuwaiti side to begin the implementation of the proposal, particularly that Iraq was the main initiator of the proposal is put in earlier.
And al-Zubaidi said it was encouraging the other outstanding issues toward the end of the feet of the Kuwaiti side to form a high-level committee of a number of ministries began to study the outstanding issues between the two countries, noting that Iraq had formed a similar committee headed by Foreign Minister and the membership of the ministries of finance, defense, interior and oil, Justice and an adviser to Prime Minister for Legal Affairs and the meetings continued.
He explained that he did not go before the committees, but a joint meeting to consider all the demands of Iraq and Kuwait and placed on the negotiating table and discuss them in a clear and explicit, noting that among the outstanding issues and border issues of debt and compensation and benefits to Iraqi Airways.
In the recent decision of the Council of Ministers and the judge to suspend all appointments to state sectors, the minister said the decision was unrelated to the State budget or oil prices, adding that the government believes that this strategic decision is aimed at recruiting human owners in the private sector with the start of the investment operations .
Al-Zubaidi and expected to attract reconstruction in its early stages, about one million five hundred thousand of employees, it returned itself, eliminate unemployment.
