Kuwait submits Memorandum to UN to protest “Irresponsible acts by Iraqis near borders”

Kuwait submits Memorandum to UN to protest “Irresponsible acts by Iraqis near borders”


Added by Ahmed Hussein on March 12, 2013.
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<p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal">Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The State of Kuwait said it submitted a memorandum to UN and Iraq’s Ambassador in Kuwait to express dismay at sabotage of border signs and fence by a group of Iraqis on last Monday morning.
“We have issued a statement expressing our dismay over this irresponsible act, and it is an act that run counter to the nature of brotherly relations between Kuwait and Iraq, nor does it serve approach of Iraq to close the file of the maintenance of the border signs,” Kuwaiti Foreign Undersecretary told KUNA.
KUNA added in its report “The memorandum was also sent to the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Baghdad.”
A group of Iraqis obstructed UN-supervised border signs maintenance process, according to KUNA.

KUWAIT, March 11 (KUNA) — The State of Kuwait said it submitted a memorandum to UN and Iraq’s Ambassador here to express dismay at sabotage of border signs and fence by a group of Iraqis on Monday morning. “We have issued a statement expressing our dismay over this irresponsible act, and it is an act that run counter to the nature of brotherly relations between Kuwait and Iraq, nor does it serve approach of Iraq to close the file of the maintenance of the border signs,” foreign undersecretary told reporters. He was speaking after a dinner banquet held by the foreign ministry in honor of heads of diplomatic missions, who are in the country for their 7th conference. The memorandum was also sent to the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Baghdad. A group of Iraqis obstructed UN-supervised border signs maintenance process. They were present at the border area and set up a large tent near border sign No. 105, then removed thus sabotaged the border fence between signs No. 105 and 106. Al-Jarallah said he was confident the Iraqi government “will seriously act to address this incident and enable the teams who are maintaining the border signs to do their job in order to finish the maintenance in line with the already-prepared timetable, which is end of this month.” Asked on some Iraqi officials’ proposals that an independent body assess the situation in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port area, Al-Jarallah said that “we have no reservation nor objection that this independent body assess the situation and that it includes (Iraq’s) Fao Port and Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port.” On the conference of the heads of diplomatic mission, Al-Jarallah the conference was to review and assess Kuwait’s diplomacy amidst crucial challenges. He said some ministers would be addressing the conferees about the government’s policy in several domains. (pickup previous) hrz.bs KUNA 120048 Mar 13NNNN


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Al-Jarallah said he was confident the Iraqi government “will seriously
act to address this incident and enable the teams who are maintaining
the border signs to do their job in order to finish the maintenance
in line with the already-prepared timetable, which is end of this
month.”

That's the Kuwaiti position and that's all we need know.... Watching for the PM of Kuwait visit in light of this that might happen after border marking is complete, we will see....

Kuwait offering memorandum for Iraq and the United Nations expresses its disapproval of "the actions of Iraqi border


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03/12/2013

Kuwait announced submitted a memorandum to the United Nations expressed its displeasure to the actions of some Iraqis on the common border between the two countries.
The news agency quoted Kuwaiti Kona for an agent Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry Khaled Al-Jarallah said that "Kuwait submitted a memorandum to the United Nations and to the Iraqi government will deliver through our ambassador in Iraq and the Iraqi ambassador to Kuwait expressed its displeasure for his number of Iraqis on the common border between the two countries. "
"We have issued a statement in which it expressed its distaste for this irresponsible act which work not in accordance with the nature of the brotherly relations between Kuwait and Iraq does not serve also directed the brothers in Iraq to close this file maintenance of border markers."
He and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait expressed his confidence that "the brothers in Iraq" will move in earnest to surround this incident and to enable teams which maintains border markers to perform its tasks and its role and the completion of maintenance work according to the schedule prepared them which is the end of this month.
Monday saw the city of Umm Qasr in Basra province, bordering Iraq demonstration by activists and the people of the city to protest the demarcation of the border with Kuwait and has evolved into the Iraqi police fired shots in the air to disperse the crowds stones at Trhgaha protest on border demarcation
The Iraqi security source said in a press statement that "crowds gathered in the Iraqi city of Umm Qasr border to protest against the development of border and protesters threw stones at police and one of the activists were injured."
The media quoted Kuwaiti security source border on the Kuwaiti side on the events yesterday that "spark confrontation started during maintenance for signs of border where some Iraqis threw stones intensively towards the security men Kuwaitis, causing damage to some military vehicles Kuwaiti minor injuries number security men and suddenly launched shots from the Iraqi border did not know the source of the launch. according to the source
He continued that "the United Nations for the maintenance of border markers between Kuwait and Iraq withdrew temporarily after he was shot by the Iraqi side."
The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai reported that "Kuwait demarcation team withdrew after the shooting to calm the situation and that Iraqis in the border area vandalized the border fence and blocked the process of ongoing maintenance of border markers under the supervision of the United Nations., Without citing the presence of fire.
The head of the local council Majid demanded that "Iraqi citizens angry residents of hand tried to prevent a contractor with the Kuwaiti government to implement project to extend the metal tube draws the border between the two countries, necessitated intervention Guard Kuwaiti border that hit a citizens rubber bullet and was taken to the hospital.
The student added that "Kuwaiti forces fired live bullets heavily in the air and over the heads of the citizens of protesters", while pointing out that "the Iraqi border guards in the area rushed to the site fourth civilian protests and dispersed by force."
He demanded that "the project to extend the pipeline stopped working temporarily on the back of massive protests witnessed by hand."
He explained that "the Iraqi border guards asked last week of some citizens in the area of ​​Umm Qasr coastal evacuation homes for the purpose of demolition being located within the path of a metal tube to demarcate the border intends to put the Kuwaiti government, has objected to the population speaking on the measure, and demanded the government not to alienate more Iraqi territory , also demanded that she provide them with alternative accommodation if it insists on eviction and demolition of their homes. "
He also called the Iraqi Independent Hussein Asadi Council of Ministers and MPs العراقييين to "reconsider the demarcation of Iraq-Kuwait border by the UN resolution of 1993," describing the latter as "unjust", while stressing the need to compensate those affected by demarcation and provide decent housing for them.
He said that "through our visit Field Umm Qasr area and found there a tube extends the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border to border demarcation in accordance with resolution unjust 883 for the year 1993, which led to the biting swathes of Iraqi territory," adding "We see today a new situation repeated remove 105 homes because they will be areas taboo between the two countries. "
He Asadi "The Iraqi government push towards demarcation and this issue is very painful and it should take adequate measures to reconsider that decision," and urged the Council of Ministers and MPs to "strive to re-examine the demarcation of Iraq-Kuwait border by the UN resolution and to pay compensation rewarding and provide decent housing for those affected. "
He said the governor of Basra Khalaf Abdul Samad behind that "the United Nations resolutions on Iraq's border with Kuwait unfair," noting that "there are about 100 Iraqi families close to the border will be transferred to a new residential complex."
Khalaf said the "policies of the former regime caused by imposing unfair decisions by the United Nations on Iraq," stressing that "the Iraqi side is satisfied, but they remain international resolutions."
Khalaf said "there maintenance of border pillars with Kuwait," noting that "the administration of the province learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the presence of three role only compensate owners by giving them rent for a year until the new compensation role."
He pointed back to that "the agreement between Iraq and Kuwait duty on the first deportation of the houses from the border distance 500 meters while there about 97 houses near the border will be transferred to the complex will be built for them later," pointing out that it "will remain in place until the building residential complex to compensate ".
This is expected to have a recent visit of a delegation of Kuwait headed by Prime Minister to Baghdad to discuss a number of outstanding issues and ways to solve them once and for all, including re-demarcation of the border between the two countries as a prelude to remove Iraq from Chapter international sanctions imposed on it under Chapter VII of the UN Security Council.
The demarcation of the border between Iraq and Kuwait from the outstanding issues between the two countries since the end of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and a decision by the Security Council determines these limits are under Iraqis reject has held several meetings on border demarcation, including those made during the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Kuwait last March 2012 and then visit, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah to Iraq at the end of last April to participate in the meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee between the two countries, which discussed the issue of the border within a number of files without reaching a conclusion.
He made the Kuwaiti minister at the conclusion of the visit, commented that "marks the border between Kuwait and Iraq installed and only need to maintain and remove some overlap winning now, noting that there are a pledge from the Iraqi government to finish them before the month of October next, while a conversion [600] A. U.S. $ to the United Nations for this purpose.
Comes events border after saw the relationship between Iraq and Kuwait made significant progress in several files and seek to resolve differences and to reflect that end file Iraqi Airways arrival of the first aircraft of the company to Kuwait February 27 last to announce that the resumption of flights between the two countries after a hiatus of more than [22] years after the invasion of the former regime of Kuwait in 1990.

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Yes I agree wciappetta and this comment as well hopefully scured that... ;)

“We have issued a statement expressing our dismay over this
irresponsible act, and it is an act that run counter to the nature of
brotherly relations between Kuwait and Iraq, nor does it serve approach
of Iraq to close the file of the maintenance of the border signs,”
Kuwaiti Foreign Undersecretary told KUNA.

Looks as they realize what a squatter is... ;)

weslin3 wrote:Hope they get this under control...

Ditto!!!

Hope this is just some opinion and this is not a speed bump.
LIT