1/7/2011
Iraqi leaders voice satisfaction at elated ties with Kuwait
Top Iraqi officials have praised the noticeable improvement in the bilateral ties with neighboring Kuwait and have expressed aspiration to see these relations being elevated to highest levels possible.
Addressing a visiting Kuwaiti press delegation, late on Thursday, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said his government aspires to establish "the best possible relations with the neighboring states," namely Kuwait.
Al-Maliki affirmed the Iraqi leadership desire to cement further the ties with Kuwait during a meeting with the delegation that included chief editors of Kuwaiti newspapers and officials of various media outlets, with attendance of the Kuwaiti Ambassador, Ali Al-Mo'men.
An official statement released by the premier's office said Al-Maliki and the Kuwaiti journalists and media figures discussed conditions in Iraq, the nation democratic experience and the successful measures, taken by the government to restore security and stability to the country and re-establish its ties with the international, Arab and regional communities.
"Our basic message nowadays is how to establish the best ties with all states specially the states of the region namely Kuwait with which we could have good and solid ties had the defunct regime not scuttled such an approach, " Al-Maliki said, indicating that the Iraqi leaders were preoccupied over the past years in the local security issues, at the expense of enhancing the external ties.
Al-Maliki noted that reopening the Kuwaiti and Iraqi embassies in the two countries was one of the fruits for restoring the external ties, affirming that Baghdad would seek to tackle the negative image about the nation.
"We affirm our desire to establish good relations will all states on the basis of mutual respect and non-intervention in national interests and exchange of interests and non-aggression," he stressed.
As to the local political efforts to restore normalcy, the prime minister indicated that the decision makers opted to establish a broad government to secure representation of all political trends of the nation.
The official statement said the Kuwaiti visitors expressed satisfaction at the positive developments on the local front and the government efforts to fold the chapter of the past, related to the ousted regime, and its determination to broaden the scope of ties with the Arab and regional countries, as well as realizing the aspirations of the Iraqi people for re-construction, security and stability.
Separately, the eminent Kuwaiti guests held a meeting with the former vice president, Adel Abdel Mehdi, who praised the noticeable improvement in the bilateral ties between the two countries over the past years, noting that most of the pending issues between them had been thrashed out.
Both, the Kuwaiti and Iraqi peoples, were victims of the "bloody Saddami regime," he said, alluding to the Baath regime of the executed dictator, Saddam Hussein, who had been executed by gallows following the 2003 liberation of Iraq.
Saddam had ruled his nation with an iron fist. His regime committed massacres and executed opponents and critics. It also launched the 1990 aggression on the State of Kuwait.
Iraqi leaders voice satisfaction at elated ties with Kuwait
Top Iraqi officials have praised the noticeable improvement in the bilateral ties with neighboring Kuwait and have expressed aspiration to see these relations being elevated to highest levels possible.
Addressing a visiting Kuwaiti press delegation, late on Thursday, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said his government aspires to establish "the best possible relations with the neighboring states," namely Kuwait.
Al-Maliki affirmed the Iraqi leadership desire to cement further the ties with Kuwait during a meeting with the delegation that included chief editors of Kuwaiti newspapers and officials of various media outlets, with attendance of the Kuwaiti Ambassador, Ali Al-Mo'men.
An official statement released by the premier's office said Al-Maliki and the Kuwaiti journalists and media figures discussed conditions in Iraq, the nation democratic experience and the successful measures, taken by the government to restore security and stability to the country and re-establish its ties with the international, Arab and regional communities.
"Our basic message nowadays is how to establish the best ties with all states specially the states of the region namely Kuwait with which we could have good and solid ties had the defunct regime not scuttled such an approach, " Al-Maliki said, indicating that the Iraqi leaders were preoccupied over the past years in the local security issues, at the expense of enhancing the external ties.
Al-Maliki noted that reopening the Kuwaiti and Iraqi embassies in the two countries was one of the fruits for restoring the external ties, affirming that Baghdad would seek to tackle the negative image about the nation.
"We affirm our desire to establish good relations will all states on the basis of mutual respect and non-intervention in national interests and exchange of interests and non-aggression," he stressed.
As to the local political efforts to restore normalcy, the prime minister indicated that the decision makers opted to establish a broad government to secure representation of all political trends of the nation.
The official statement said the Kuwaiti visitors expressed satisfaction at the positive developments on the local front and the government efforts to fold the chapter of the past, related to the ousted regime, and its determination to broaden the scope of ties with the Arab and regional countries, as well as realizing the aspirations of the Iraqi people for re-construction, security and stability.
Separately, the eminent Kuwaiti guests held a meeting with the former vice president, Adel Abdel Mehdi, who praised the noticeable improvement in the bilateral ties between the two countries over the past years, noting that most of the pending issues between them had been thrashed out.
Both, the Kuwaiti and Iraqi peoples, were victims of the "bloody Saddami regime," he said, alluding to the Baath regime of the executed dictator, Saddam Hussein, who had been executed by gallows following the 2003 liberation of Iraq.
Saddam had ruled his nation with an iron fist. His regime committed massacres and executed opponents and critics. It also launched the 1990 aggression on the State of Kuwait.
Iraq, following liberation from the dictatorship, is steadily pressing ahead on the path toward stability, said Abdel Mehdi, a leading member of the National Alliance, in his address to the visitors.
The country, after being eyed as a source of tension and anxiety, during the era of the ousted regime, became bound with brotherly ties with countries of the region, he said affirming the remarkable relations of Baghdad with states of the region. He also noted that the holding of the next Arab summit in Baghdad would cement Iraq's rapprochement and cooperation with the Arab countries.
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The country, after being eyed as a source of tension and anxiety, during the era of the ousted regime, became bound with brotherly ties with countries of the region, he said affirming the remarkable relations of Baghdad with states of the region. He also noted that the holding of the next Arab summit in Baghdad would cement Iraq's rapprochement and cooperation with the Arab countries.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2136101&Language=en
