Kuwait announces the remaining debts of its Saddam invasion

Thursday, November 8

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announced that the State of Kuwait , on Thursday, the rest of the invasion of the former regime , the President of the debts of Saddam Hussein have, stressing that Iraq paid in three installments during the current year. "This year, Kuwait received three installments of compensation of $ 90 million each," Kuwait's 

Al-Watan newspaper quoted the chairman of the Public Authority for Compensation Assessment Khaled Al-Mudhaf as saying at a meeting of the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva .

"The three payments were made in April, July and October, in accordance with the payment mechanism set out in decision 267 of 2009," Mudhaf said. 

Al-Mudhaf said that "these payments will be in favor of Kuwait about 4.4 billion dollars and should be paid in the future." He added that "continuing the deposit in the Compensation Fund will bring everyone from the final completion of the Board of Directors and receive full compensation for Kuwait." 

Iraq has been subjected to Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations imposed after the invasion of the regime of former President Saddam Hussein in Kuwait in August of the same year, and allowed the item to use force against Iraq as a threat to international security, in addition to freezing large amounts of financial assets In international banks to pay compensation to those affected by the invasion, including the State of Kuwait.

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[rtl]A member of the coalition of state law, Mohamed Chihod, on Thursday, the State of Kuwait to extinguish the remaining debt on Iraq, indicating that the Iraqi people is not guilty of taxing it as a result of the policy of the former regime.[/rtl]

[rtl]In an interview with Al-Thawra Press, al-Sihud said that what happened to Kuwait by the regime of the "Saddam Hussein" is an act of hostility from the regime itself, and that the Iraqi people are not affected by this hostile policy. The rest of the countries were affected.[/rtl]

[rtl]He added that after 2003, Iraq began a new political process in improving and exchanging interests with neighboring countries and non-interference in their internal affairs. He called on the State of Kuwait to take into consideration Iraq's situation and difficult circumstances, especially the financial crisis. He pointed out that the Government of Kuwait should consider Iraq Of this section that it is not the fault of Iraq and the guilt of the Iraqi people to impose huge sums on him as a result of the policy of Saddam.[/rtl]

[rtl]The government of Kuwait has announced earlier that Iraq has paid three installments during the current year of debts of the invasion of the former regime head, asserting that the remaining amount in favor of Kuwait is about 4.4 billion dollars and must be paid in the future.[/rtl]