April 12, 2011 Zebari: our relationship with the people of Bahrain in particular and the loyalty of the Shiite majority for reference Najaf
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Tuesday, that Iraq's position steady in support of popular demands in the Arab countries to self-determination, noting that the relationship with Bahrain is a special relationship because of historical and religious and national identity in addition to the Shiite majority in Bahrain and loyalty to the authority of Najaf.
Zebari said in an exclusive interview to the channel "Alsumaria TV", will be presented this evening, said that "Iraq policy steady at the all the Arab countries, which saw popular demonstrations both in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, we are with these peoples to self-determination and choices political."
Experiencing a number of Arab countries mass protests to demand the ouster of their heads and change the system of government protests since last February, in an unprecedented way, inspired by the tens of thousands of demonstrators, the events of the revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt, which toppled presidents Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Hosni Mubarak.
Zebari said that "our formal position against the use of violence and repression against peaceful demonstrations in any of these countries, but other things are an internal affair of each country, and will not be the custodians of the political systems in nature or how to style."
Zebari said that "Iraq's relationship with the State of Bahrain has a special relationship, and maybe this is of issues that have not watched a lot of people," noting that "the Bahraini more people who were interested in the Iraqi situation because of the historical continuity of religious nationalist, as well as that the majority of Bahraini Shiites loyal reference to Najaf and not to any other reference."
The Minister of Foreign Affairs that "Iraq emphasized that the forces entered the Peninsula Shield to Bahrain may be held of the problem and will cause sectarian strife, but with our national dialogue, peaceful and with the Bahraini people in their aspirations of democracy," explaining that "statements by some Iraqi politicians in this regard cause confusion and problems for us".
And entered into force of the Peninsula Shield, consisting of about a thousand troops, Bahrain in the early hours, in 14 of last March, via the bridge of a border as well as one hundred and fifty armored personnel carriers and fifty other vehicles, including ambulances and water tankers, buses and jeeps, and indicates the source of Saudi official that this force is part of the strength of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which will secure government installations, while witnesses said that the Saudi security forces went to the Riffa a region where the royal family and includes a military hospital.
And formed the GCC in 1982 forces the Peninsula Shield, based in Saudi Arabia in the province of Batin, near the border of Iraq and Kuwait, and the force consists of infantry division mechanism fully assigned, with more than 30 thousand soldiers, members of the GCC six, namely Saudi Arabia and the UAE UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the Peninsula Shield forces entered Kuwait in 2003, during the war in Iraq at the request of Kuwait for precautionary measures.
Zebari said that "the Iraqi foreign policy is sometimes seen entering more than one category in which," asserting that "in the case of Bahrain was there who wants to sever the relationship with Bahrain because of what happened from the clashes between demonstrators and the ruler of Bahrain."
He said Zebari that "Iraq is not the presidency of one but with three presidencies (the Republic, Parliament and the Prime Minister) and all give the same right to make statements, but are issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs represents the official position in Iraq's relations with other countries," noting that "the position of Foreign Affairs does not intersect with the government, but sometimes occur contradictions."
The government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh announced, the sixth of this April, the government issued a decree to limit comments concerning the affairs of the government ministry, government spokesman and one of Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, stressing that it is not allowed for any one to state things government after today, and therefore do not the value of any statement from here and there.
And met with the events taking place in Bahrain reactions large in Iraq, where Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on 16 of March current, that the entry of external forces to Bahrain will be the situation in the region and fueling the sectarian violence, as called to follow the ways of peaceful understanding and to refrain from the use of force, as Student Organization of the Islamic Conference to take responsibility and to preserve the unity of Muslims.
The Presidency of the Council suspended the Iraqi parliament Thursday before last, its the 44 until the 27 of March current, in solidarity with protests taking place in Bahrain. A number of members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives and political figures last Thursday, the formation of a popular Iraqi support of the Bahraini people to achieve their demands "lawful", which emphasized that the U.S. side did not give the green light to enter the Peninsula Shield Forces in Bahrain, warned of Iran's interference in the matter Bahrain, especially after the intervention of Saudi forces in the country to defend a certain range.
And saw the governorates of Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala, Diwaniya, Diyala demonstrations involving hundreds of citizens and clergy to demand forces get out of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Bahrain, chanting slogans condemning the targeting of unarmed demonstrators.
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