Iraq and Kuwait sign four agreements in the area of security, transport, industry and culture [extended]

2016/12/28 18:45


[In Baghdad]


Iraq and Kuwait signed during the Joint Committee meeting four agreements between the two countries in the fields of culture and industry, air transport and security.

New and first Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Wednesday morning position of the State of Kuwait and Iraq supporting the hard stand with him against terrorism and eliminate it.

This came during a Chair Minister Kuwait State delegation participating in the morning of the sixth session of the joint higher Ministerial Committee Kuwait in Baghdad with Iraqi side Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari.

The Kuwaiti Minister reviewed in a speech at the opening session of the ministerial meeting of March session close brotherly relations between the two countries and development in all fields, stressing the importance of continued fixed and regular pace in Joint Committee meetings translation of directives of the leadership to achieve the aspirations of the two countries and fraternal peoples in maintaining this relationship strong and developed at different levels.

During the session the joint official talks between the two sides on the overall cooperation between all sectors in the two countries.
At the conclusion of the ministerial meeting of the Joint Committee held the signing ceremony of four agreements between the two countries in the fields of culture and industry, air transport and security presence.

The delegation of Kuwait state high level participating in the work of the Joint Commission a number of senior officials from various ministries and public and private sectors in the State.

The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister said in his speech: it gives me pleasure at the outset to myself and on behalf of all the members of the delegation of the State of Kuwait participating in the work of the sixth session of the joint higher Ministerial Committee Ibrahim Jaafari Kuwaiti-Iraqi Foreign Minister of Iraq brotherly multitude of thanks and appreciation for the kind invitation to hold meetings of this session and on what we had done and generous hosting and hospitality and thanks also to the representatives of the various sectors and the competent authorities in the two brotherly countries for their efforts in Preparation and good preparation for the work of this Committee, which will no doubt strengthen the fraternal relations between our two countries and push it into broader horizons.

He said: the growing phenomenon of terrorism and the spread of the dark forces requires us abominably more joint cooperation and coordination to put an end to this evil scourge and the State of Kuwait and proud of being a member of the international coalition against terrorist ISIS to underscore its firm position and firm stand by our brothers in Iraq in the face of this terrorist organization criminal and supports all measures and actions taken by Iraq to maintain security and stability and territorial integrity ahead of congratulations for the success of military operations by Iraqi forces to free zones Under so called fist organized terrorist ISIS.

He noted that, aware of the importance of the humanitarian disaster involving thousands of Iraqi brethren who were forced to leave their homes and their homes after the terrorist attacks on the Iraqi cities by ISIS and aware of the scale of the suffering incurred by Kuwait State has provided support in the amount of 200 million dollars to cover the humanitarian needs of displaced Iraqis and the amount was disbursed 18 million us dollars to support the urgent humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people under the supervision of the Kuwaiti Red Crescent society and identified $6 million. Dollars to support education projects and school construction as 176 million dollars has been allocated by international donors conference to support Iraq, hosted by Washington DC on 20 June 2016.

And it was divided as follows:

1-100 million u.s. dollars to support the health sector in cooperation with the Iraqi reconstruction fund affected regions terroristic operations supervision by Kuwaiti Fund for Arabic economic development.

2. $30 million to support humanitarian needs in coordination with international humanitarian organizations, and $46 million to the Kuwaiti society for relief as an action plan for quick relief needs of displaced persons and returnees.

In the context of the international donors conference in Washington in support of Iraq and which yielded collect pledges totalling 2.1 billion us dollars, I pray and here all States that have announced their pledges at this Conference to fulfil the commitments and pledges made towards consolidating elements of security and stability in Iraq.

The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister said: since the fifth session of the Ministerial Committee of the joint Supreme State Kuwait and Iraq Republic hosted the State Kuwait on 21 December 2015 and fraternal relations between our two countries continues to proceed at a steady pace and established and evolving and growing in all areas.

"From the standpoint of the close bilateral relations between the two fraternal countries aware of the exact conditions experienced by Iraq and Kuwait State approved directives from Emir Sheikh Sabah to postpone payment of Iraqi compensation an additional year ending on 1 January 2018 to without prejudice to the provisions of the relevant Security Council resolutions, despite Kuwait's State budget deficit.

He continued: the directives from the Amir of Kuwait also States also responded to the request of the Republic of Iraq by providing all sister means and mechanisms and expertise to extinguish oil wells triggered by malicious hands in the field forces and a continuation of the cooperation in this vital sector and a sincere desire to continue raising it to the level of common benefits currently oil Minister resolves to sister Republic of Iraq Jabbar allaibi guest on his second Kuwait to discuss ways of strengthening bilateral cooperation between the two countries in investment in the oil and gas sectors and fields.

He noted "in this context we should praise the commendable efforts undertaken by representatives of the two countries during the work of the Organizing Committee of navigation in the Khor Abdullah from 11 to 13 this month and reached agreement on start navigation channel development project starting next year.

We also note with appreciation the efforts made during the workshop on draft update cadastral map production and technical work for the maintenance of the boundary markers, held from 24 to 28 October this year at United Nations Headquarters in New York which resulted in agreement on a work plan for this project appraisers responsibly made positive the Iraqi side to complete the action plan stressed the importance for both countries to respond to the United Nations before 30 December 2016.

He said the morning: don't fail here also expressed pride in the progress that has been achieved in the housing project launch in Um Qasr [filters] on 31 August 2016 and containing 228 housing units in addition to the infrastructure and public facilities with a total cost of us $80 million is managed and supervised the Kuwaiti Fund for Arabic economic development.

He continued by saying that "our sixth session meeting today is of paramount importance in the March of the fraternal relations between our two countries and reflects the eagerness of both sides to this fixed and regular pace in Committee meetings to achieve the aspirations of our countries and peoples and to meet their needs and concerns and directives of the leadership of both countries to maintain this close relationship and work on various levels demonstrate enthusiasm and great joy and pleasure for practical and concrete results achieved by the work of the Commission and still."

"Also that broad participation by various actors and sectors in our Committee, which numbered 28 hand from both sides and the number of items on its agenda and that exceeded 20 items is a positive indicator, firmly and sincerely cooperation between those sectors and the entities that will bear fruit today about signing [4 documents] centrality in culture, industry, security and air transport are added to forty-nine Convention and the memorandum of understanding between the two countries and hope to continue in this vein upward to bilateral relations and maintaining this spirit Sincere constructive and fruitful cooperation in the interests of our countries and peoples.

Kuwait Foreign Minister concluded his speech by saying: we ask God to help and guide us and you wish _ _ time and prosperity of the Republic of Iraq and its people and no security and stability countrywide appraisers again all the efforts made by delegations for the success of our meeting today and look forward to meeting you in the State of Kuwait over the next year to hold meetings of the seventh session of the joint higher Committee between the two countries. "

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