13/01/2011 Kuwaiti Prime Minister: Has the previous stage
To a higher ministerial committee to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries
بغداد ـ الصباح Baghdad morning
Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said that the previous stage, which strained relations, Iraq - Kuwait «finished», and the two countries opened a new page in relations.
Assurances came after a morning of meetings held in Baghdad yesterday, with the leaders of the country.
At Baghdad International Airport held a ceremony official for the morning, a trend then in solemn procession to the office of prime minister to start talks, a bilateral meeting. After a tour of bilateral talks, Prime Minister and his Kuwaiti counterpart held a joint meeting attended by members of the delegations of Iraqi and Kuwaiti, was able to discuss issues of common concern, and how development of bilateral relations and joint between the two countries and two peoples and to resolve all outstanding issues.
Was opened by the Prime Minister meeting with a speech in which he said: «We welcome you as you share our joy on the occasion of forming a government of national partnership, which we hope to achieve through which to strengthen relations between Iraq and Kuwait because Iraq is under the political process is no longer a country of one man in the same nation in the class.
Iraq is now a unified country and his decision to uniform, and has the institutions and services its decisive in various fields », saying that« Iraq today is not like Iraq, the former at the time of dictatorship .. today is a stable country and matters which are properly and ascending to Aegamr its security and Aiatdi on others as he did the system under the dictatorial policy of the dissolved Baath Party, as well as he was doing at home such as the use of chemical weapons and other crimes he committed against the Iraqi people, but what happened was all due to one-man.
He said Maliki, saying: The «new Iraq is looking for development of relations and cooperation and exchange of interests in common with everyone, and calm, construction, reconstruction, and this is our message to all our brothers in the Arab region, and our message is also in the coming Arab summit to be held in Baghdad, which honored the presence of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, where.
He also noted that «the bilateral relations and evolving mission for all Iraqis, and the entitlement to impose itself, after the completion of security we want to solve all the problems left behind by the previous regime, particularly with regard to relations with the brotherly countries, particularly the State of Kuwait, it is not in our interest to the survival of these problems and we We want to finish this, because we are brothers and neighbors and we must end all outstanding matters, which is now on the way to a solution, and there is a joint committee of specialists will begin to solve these problems as soon as possible.
The Premier added that «the State now based on the principles and rules unconstitutional, and the general atmosphere for the Iraqis and all those who work in the political process is the desire to find solutions and do not want to return to the adventures and problems, because Iraq has become for all Iraqis and looking for the best mutual relations.
Maliki said during the meeting to the boat accident that took place two days ago in Kuwaiti territorial waters, stressing the importance of that Atokhadd largest dimension of size, are being investigated by both sides.
For his part, Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait: he «and his accompanying delegation, who came to Baghdad to offer congratulations and blessings to the Prime Minister on the occasion of forming a government of national partnership, and the emphasis on Kuwait's desire to develop relations with Iraq in all areas, and Iraq, our country and we are happy when found in an advanced stage of political stability that comes after the economic stability, which shows the evolution of the political process.
Kuwaiti Prime Minister pointed out that «the previous phase is over, and we are now in a new phase of bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and neighbors, and if there were difficulties we face we have to solve it through peaceful means, and will the Joint Commission competent to find solutions as soon as possible». He added, «We congratulate Iraq's lift international sanctions, and we stress the importance of leaving the subject to Chapter VII, and begin a relationship shared and developed in the areas of border and oil and other economic areas, either for the incident that took place recently in Kuwaiti territorial waters, it will not affect relations between the two countries, because it is a hunting accident, and legal entities will stand on the circumstances of the incident to clarify the facts in this matter.
During the morning meeting, there was a formal invitation to Prime Minister Maliki's visit to Kuwait, hoping to be the first visit after the formation of the government, Maliki has promised to fulfill it as soon as possible.
The first visit of Sheikh Sabah, a Kuwaiti official to such a high level to Baghdad since 1990.
In the meantime, search the Speaker Osama Nujaifi with the Kuwaiti Prime Minister and the delegation accompanying him in the building of the Conference Palace in Baghdad, the bilateral relations between Iraq and Kuwait and ways of developing them to serve interests of both countries.
He stressed Nujaifi During the meeting, the need to turn the page and begin a new era of relations between the two countries based on mutual respect and cooperation, stressing that the Iraqi people infused with the joy of this visit the great by the brothers in Kuwait, pointing at the same time to the depth of the democratic experience of Kuwait compared to Iraq, which will not retreat from the democratic nation-building as a guarantee of people's lives and development of Iraq and the great people unable to get up.
The president of the parliament his intention to visit close to Kuwait to consolidate the foundation of brotherhood and love between the two brotherly peoples, especially as there is a desire in Iraq to build good relations with all neighboring countries, particularly Kuwait brother.
For his part, Sheikh Mohammed Nasser Al-Sabah said that «Iraq is a country of freedom and democracy and we have come today to congratulate the successful completion of Iraq's democratic experiment through the government formed a national partnership.
On the sidelines of the meeting was held Nujaifi and morning news conference, in which they stressed their keenness to develop relations between the two brotherly countries, where he stressed the President of the Parliament that the Iraqi democracy and Kuwaiti Sttalan according to the foundations of good-neighborliness and brotherhood and cooperation, especially that there are many issues to be resolved. He pointed out that «Today is the beginning of the transformation of special relations with Kuwait brother to a model by all the Arabs».
In turn, congratulated Sheikh Mohammed Nasser al-Sabah on behalf of the State of Kuwait, the Iraqi people to form a government, saying that the visit was a positive sign for a new era of love and brotherhood, peace and cooperation, conveying the greetings of the President of the Kuwaiti National Assembly and members of the Council to the President of the House of Representatives and House of Representatives and blessed them with freedom and democracy that are the basis of the country.
The middle of this positive atmosphere, it was agreed Iraq and Kuwait to set up a high ministerial committee to discuss the outstanding issues between the two countries., "Said Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told a news conference with his Kuwaiti counterpart Mohammad al-Sabah, who arrived in Baghdad with the Kuwaiti Prime Minister yesterday: that« it was agreed to form a committee high ministerial between Baghdad and Kuwait to discuss outstanding issues in accordance with international resolutions.
Zebari said that «our discussions with the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister also dealt with the problem of territorial waters, was an agreement on the formation of committees by both Iraq and Kuwait to stand by».
For his part, Mohammed Al-Sabah said during the conference: The «Kuwait happy exit from the crisis of Iraq form a government, and the resolutions of the United Nations, which marks the exit of Iraq from Chapter VII».
He continued: «we decided to hold meetings between the sides at the highest level after the Arab summit in Baghdad in March next, especially that Kuwait strongly supports the convening of this Summit in Iraq and will emir in the summit», adding that «this visit is very important, and we will try the removal of all obstacles between the two sides.
