Kuwait and Britain are discussing the repercussions of an Iraqi decision regarding Khor Abdullah

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[size=52]Kuwait and Britain are discussing the repercussions of an Iraqi decision regarding Khor Abdullah[/size]

[size=45]Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah discussed with his British counterpart James Cleverly the repercussions of the decision of the Federal Supreme Court in Iraq declaring the unconstitutionality of the agreement concluded with Kuwait regarding Khor Abdullah.[/size]
[size=45]The Kuwait News Agency quoted a statement by the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry as saying that the telephone discussions between the two ministers focused on what it described as the historical fallacies contained in the court’s decision and the cancellation of the security protocol signed between the two countries in 2008.[/size]
[size=45]The Iraqi National Security Advisor, Qasim Al-Araji, said yesterday, Monday, that his country respects Kuwait’s sovereignty in the past, present, and future, following a meeting he had with the Kuwaiti Deputy Ambassador in Baghdad, Fahd Al-Fadhli.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Araji stressed that the meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, in New York recently on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meetings, “proved the position of love and respect towards sister Kuwait.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Araji added - in a post on the X platform - that the meeting also proved “that understanding and dialogue are the way to resolve all issues in accordance with the principle of good neighborliness and through the competent legal committees.”[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that the Kuwaiti Prime Minister had confirmed, after meeting with his Iraqi counterpart in New York, his country’s desire to complete the demarcation of the maritime borders with Iraq beyond Mark 162.[/size]
[size=45]In turn, Al-Sudani indicated Baghdad's desire to continue holding joint committee meetings and exchanging visits between officials and experts in the two countries in order to enhance levels of cooperation and partnership, build confidence, advance bilateral relations, and overcome all obstacles.[/size]
[size=45]He also affirmed Iraq's commitment to the relevant Security Council resolutions, the principles of international law, common understandings, good neighbourliness, and the territorial integrity of the State of Kuwait.[/size]
[size=45]Tensions have recently escalated between Iraq and Kuwait after the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court ruled on September 4th that the Iraqi parliament’s ratification of the agreement regulating navigation in the Khor Abdullah waterway between the two countries, which the Iraqi parliament voted on in 2013, was unconstitutional.[/size]
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