Barzani stresses understanding with Baghdad and insist on the development of the oil industry

Barzani stresses understanding with Baghdad and insist on the development of the oil industry



03/04/2014




In the forum's second annual Sulaimaniya,
Arbil - morning - Shirzad Shaikhani
began Tuesday morning the forum's second annual, organized by the American University in Sulaimaniya in the presence of a large number of international figures, regional and under the auspices of Dr. Barham Salih, chairman of the Trustees of the university and continue for two days to discuss which present many political issues relating to the Middle East, and the forum is held under the slogan "the Middle East and face the challenges of the future."
delivered by Dr. Barham Salih at the outset of the meeting, welcomed the attendees,

including Barzani President of the Government of the Territory and the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, and French Foreign Minister, former Bernard Kouchner The Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh al-Fayad and drastically Minister of Natural Resources (oil), the Kurdistan Regional Government. And wished Saleh to be President Talabani in the reception of guests and contribute his wisdom and guidance enrich the forum, and then spoke about the nature of the developments that have occurred in the region in the recent period, especially the popular movement in many countries towards building the foundations of democratic systems, and the challenges faced by the region, especially the threats of terrorism and religious extremism The sectarian, stressing that the peoples of the region needs peace and stability to be able to build a better future and to keep pace with the significant shifts that have occurred in the world in favor of democracy. "
and the objectives of the forum pointed out Dr. Don Daigle president of the American University in Sulaimaniya to "the themes to be discussed by the conference this year will focus on the geopolitics of the Iraqi Syrian-Iranian Turkish, as well as discuss issues related to energy in the region, and added, "We at the American University believe it is our duty to be our contribution clear serve Iraq and the region by providing a wider area in front of thought, awareness and responsibility, and we are delighted to be hosting an elite of scholars and prominent international and regional participation in this creative effort that we want him to support the march of the political process in Iraq. "
For his part, spoke Barzani President of the Government of the Territory for many of the important files that occupy the political arena of the country initiated by saying that "the crises facing the region require political leaders pause contemplative order to analyze and discover aspects different in order to develop the necessary solutions, Fiqiadat region can reorganize the path of political and social foundations of civilized new in order to achieve security and stability for the region. "
put Barzani two questions about the situation in Iraq and said, "The first question is whether that Iraq will remain a federation or not?. The second Will the security crises, political and economic collapse of the country to the state that we tried to rebuild since a ten-year-old grave sacrifices?. Lord Barzani Altasaalin saying: "We have had extremely difficult conditions and the suffering of the difficult before 2003, and we lived under the shadow of fear and threat, but after the fall of the former regime, breathe a sigh of relief to achieve our freedom, and unfortunately today we note that the state is going back towards collapse, Escalating crises and lack of services and threats security hinder the march of the country towards stability, conflicts and lack of strategy for effective search for solutions to these crises is to lose hope the Iraqis a better future. Everybody knows that the answer to our question matter the people of Kurdistan, Solving the crisis will contribute to strengthening the foundations of fraternal coexistence construction in the framework of a democratic Iraq unified, since we process the liberation of Iraq we have expressed our position clear from the overall political process, and we affirmed our commitment to the unity of Iraq, federal, pluralistic and democratic, and we proved it actually is not in word only, with the requirement that the rights of our people are protected, according to the Iraqi constitution passed by Iraqis majorities. do not hide from you that we are scared of the future of Iraq, It is our relationship with the federal government, it is the duty of all the political forces of Iraq and neighboring countries and the countries supporting democracy should make efforts to respect the principles of the Constitution and adhered to. "
and about the differences between his government and the federal government, Barzani said, "Ten years ago moving our relationship towards more crises, and these things do not help to bring the mutual understanding about the country's crises, and we're like the rest of the other political parties are part of this country and we made sacrifices in order to achieve security, stability and economic development should respect the other parties to this role. We are now in dialogue with Baghdad and renew our determination to resolve all differences and problems, thus contributing to the progress of the country, and we have a constitutional right to develop our oil industry will not give up this constitutional right, and we look forward to a common understanding with the Centre in accordance with the mechanisms of the Constitution of understanding on the solutions, and also emphasize that we We will not deal with any party at the expense of others, we do not want to be party to the political conflicts. "
and about relationships region with Turkey, said the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, "progress in relations between the region and Turkey serves the interests of Iraq and contribute to the achievement of security and stability, will also contribute by bringing the two neighboring countries of Turkey and Iraq, and in conclusion, I assure that the Kurdish leadership fully understands the nature of the challenges facing the region, and will work with other forces in order to confront and lay the foundations of democracy in the interest of the people of Kurdistan. "

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