Susan Saad calls for the legislature to reject Convention on the Regulation of navigation in Khor Ab

Susan Saad calls for the legislature to reject Convention on the Regulation of navigation in Khor Abdullah while adjusting the third and seventh paragraphs of




20-06-2013 05:24 AM 


Baghdad (news) .. called the leader of the Virtue Bloc Susan Saad legislative authority to reject the Convention on the organization of maritime navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah, while adjusting the third and seventh paragraphs of the Convention which includes 11 paragraph.

She told him her office media that: the Back to experienced and competent and consult a number of legal insiders on private international law, the seas, and in view of the content of this agreement issues of critical importance for Iraq, showing that paragraphs III and VII of the Convention on the organization of maritime navigation in the Khawr Abd God involving a legal violations affecting the sovereignty and national interest of Iraq.
She explained the MP for the province of Basra: The third paragraph states that (in the exercise of the right of traffic navigation, the ships of the nationality of one of the parties when passing in the territorial waters of the other party they are Atrf any flag other than the flag nationality, either foreign vessels When passing corridor navigational they flying the flag of nationality only), this waterway will pass through all vessels entering Iraq because he only passage to Iraq and because Atalaltna the sea very few not exceeding 40 kilometers, and will not foreign ships to raise the Iraqi flag after the application of the Convention, while it is currently flying the Iraqi flag.

She added: As for Kuwait, the ships coming forth will not need to pass through this waterway, because Kuwait has a deep sea and deep draft vessels helps traffic destinations and other places without passing through this corridor, and therefore they will raise the flag of Kuwait.

She Saad: The Article stipulates that he (Each Party shall endeavor to prevent fishermen from being in the part of the fairway, located in the territorial sea of ​​him), and here must point out that the Iraqi fishermen always present in this waterway to earn a living and support their families, While the no Kuwaitis fishermen in this place simply because they have a sea view extends to more than 400 kilometers They do not need to be present here, it is known that this region is an Iraqi fishing area 100 percent in its history has not seen presence of fishermen Kuwaitis.

She added: We also note our reservation on Article VI, which states that (do not affect this agreement on the border between the two parties in the Khor Abdullah, established under Security Council Resolution 833 of 1993), the whole world knows today that we paid and are still paying the price of recklessness of the former regime in the invasion of Kuwait, and through the demarcation of the border unfairly in addition to the continuation of internationalism custody since the invasion of Kuwait and to this day even though he was supposed to be canceled those decisions after the fall of the former dictatorial regime.

It continued: Based on all that we demand to reject this agreement by the legislature and bring it back to the concerned authorities for the purpose of amendment of the above-mentioned articles to ensure the achievement of the national interest and preserves Iraq's sovereignty. / End / l. M /

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