Zebari announce reach understandings on the border with Iran, according to the Convention in 1975

Zebari announce reach understandings on the border with Iran, according to the Convention in 1975

03/07/2014



Minister Hoshyar Zebari & Basra Majed Nasraoui
Tomorrow's Press / Basra: Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, on Friday, to reach agreements and understandings with Iran with respect to the common border, water, according to the Convention in 1975.

Zebari said at a news conference with the governor of Basra Majed Nasraoui held during his visit to the province, and was attended by "tomorrow Press", "The aim of the visit is to see the field on the border issues, which the Iraqi government worked hard exceptional for the completion of its files, which were stuck between Iraq and Kuwait in accordance with UN resolutions and settlement problems between the two countries. "

He added that "Iraq in front of an important phase relations with Iran, where there are files for the settlement of the border river in the Shatt al-Arab and the preservation of the rights of Iraq in its water and land," noting that "there are talks with the Iranian side took place in the past few months, where he was to reach understandings good between the two countries In order to clean the Shatt al-Arab from Aguarq and conduct Cree, pollution control and easy navigation which, according to the Convention in 1975, which took place between Iraq and Iran. "

Zebari noted that "understands the Iranian side of the border and the status of the river with Iraq, Iran does not covet Iraq's territorial waters or there is a common interest between the two countries in the Shatt al-Arab."

With regard to the wells shared between Iraq and Kuwait, Zebari said, "There is a memorandum of understanding between the ministries of oil Iraq and Kuwait and there are contacts in order to reach an agreement on the wells of common as well as with regard to Iran and will take into account the international contexts in this area."

For his part, welcomed the governor of Basra, Dr. Majed Nasraoui "visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister of Basra and see the ground on the border," adding that "Zebari briefed on the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border, as well as Iran in order to take the final decisions draw a border river and wild with Kuwait and Iran."

The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari visited on 25 February, Tehran at the head of a delegation representing a number of ministries and state bodies to hold talks political and technical issues land border, river and water in addition to the political consultations on issues of mutual concern.

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