#####Kuwait contracted with Israeli security company to protect its border with Iraq

Thursday, February 14, 2013 09:34


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Revealed the local government in the province of Basra Kuwait contracted with one of the security companies belonging to the Israeli businessmen to protect the Iraqi border - Kuwaiti.

The head of the provincial council Basra morning Albzona in a press statement "we recorded our objection to the contract between Kuwait and global security company to protect its border with Iraq because of the company belonging to Israeli businessmen".

"We have recorded a formal objection to this contract, and we addressed the Foreign Ministry demanding action to prevent a file Border Protection in the hands of companies that do not insure them," adding that "file demarcation between Iraq and Kuwait extremely dangerous and therefore control this border issue related to the security of Iraq's fragile So we can not accept an Israeli company to be responsible for this file is important between the two countries. "

He continued that "the subject may be the cause of strained relations between the two countries, the fact that many of the parties participating in the government believes that foreign powers, including Israel cause of insecurity in the country and it is natural that this will be a cause for concern decade."

He noted, "We worked to monitor the streets or some border passages through international companies made ​​sure of its failure to cooperate with some of the dubious or countries that we believe are benefiting from the region disorder How can Kuwait engage in such transactions?".

He explained that "The topic was raised in the Kuwaiti National Assembly, which some of its members received information that the company [senstar], which won the contract belonging to the group [magal] Israel."

Iraq being a preliminary survey of the border between the two countries as a prelude to the demarcated.

And announced the police headquarters in Basra province to national security agencies began maintenance of border markers old, as a prelude to the demarcation of a final border between the two countries and is scheduled to be completed by maintenance of border markers in the next March, "noting that" there are many signs affected by war, as well as factors the environment has led to blur some milestones so shall identify signs previously agreed to begin the Iraqi Ministries of Foreign Affairs and a final demarcation of the Kuwaiti border. "

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced on 2 January last technical team selection Iraq to re-demarcation of the border with Kuwait.

A statement of the United Nations Mission in Iraq [UNAMI] received [where] a copy of it, that "the head of the mission [Martin Kobler] received a telephone call from Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, confirmed that Baghdad was nominated names of experts technical team to project maintenance border with Kuwait, and Kobler told the UN Security Council. "

He pointed out that "the Iraqi government will begin immediately update the list of farmers entitled to compensation," pointing to the importance of "restoring confidence between Iraq and Kuwait to make progress in the development of their relations and resolve outstanding issues between them."

The statement continued, "Kuebler submitted a report to the Security Council on the work of the United Nations Mission to help Iraq [UNAMI] headed stressed that Iraq renewed his pledge to fulfill its obligations remaining under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations and improving relations with Kuwait and will progress in this area to restore confidence between the two sides. "

He added that "meetings in both countries to see how the United Nations can contribute to resolving the outstanding issues and it is encouraged by the strong commitment to normalize relations between the two countries at the highest levels."

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. ended.


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