Iraq demands Japan return dozens of artifacts loaned

Iraq demands Japan return dozens of artifacts loaned

23-01-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)


Alsumaria News / Baghdad

Demanded that the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Iraq, Wednesday, Japan re a number of artifacts loaned to it since the days of the former regime by the National Museum in accordance with the previous agreement, and hoped to benefit from the Japanese experience in the field of training and the archaeological investigation.

The media spokesman of the ministry governor Shammari said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "the minister Brigade Smeisim told The effects Conservancy Japanese claim Baghdad to restore Iraqi antiquities on loan to the Tokyo days of the former regime."

Shammari said that "the Iraqi National Museum in accordance with the cooperation agreement Japan lent dozens of artifacts for research and study during the former regime."

Shammari "Smeisim Search for President and the delegation of the Organization today in Baghdad, ways of activating cooperation archaeological and tourist."

It succeeded the Iraqi embassy in Tokyo in July 2012, the restoration of about 78 shard back to the site of Tel Kubba and Snker in the Hamrin area reserved in 15 boxes of different sizes, borrowed Japanese archaeologist Professor Hideo Fujii in 1982 did not return them to Baghdad.

Shammari pointed out that "the minister Sumaisem student organization working on the launch of a training program for Iraqi cadres in the field of tourism and antiquities benefit from Japanese expertise as well as to provide Iraq with supplies search Archaeological Investigation."

For his part, President of the Japanese Organization, who is visiting Baghdad at the head of the delegation of specialist, according Shammari the need to "organize tours to archaeological sites in Iraq for Japanese tourists, after the restoration of the security situation recently."

He added that "the Japanese Organization suggested an exhibition of the effects of Iraq in Japan."

And exposed Iraqi antiquities to a wider process of looting in the year 2003 after the U.S. war on Iraq, which led to the disappearance of thousands of artifacts that are priceless, from the National Museum in Baghdad and other sites across the country, and Iraq regained early 2010 last about 1046 pieces from The United States was among the many pieces escaped at various times illegally, has been selling cylinder back to civilization Sumerian 0.3150 BC, in the Christie's auction in public in the state of New York was stolen in the aftermath of the first Gulf War in 1991, has also been monitoring the smuggling of Antiquities from the National Museum in 2008 referred to the report of the Office of Financial Supervision at the time, noted that smuggling operations still exist, especially in remote areas that lack government protection.

The Iraqi government has demanded on several occasions, civic organizations and international return stolen Iraqi antiquities when identified anywhere in the world, with various countries of return stolen artifacts from Iraq.


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