Kuwait welcomes Iraqi plane and confirm that the flights to Iraq will begin officially three weeks after

Author: HAM
Editor: BS, NK
2013/02/27 16:19


Long-Presse / Kuwait

Kuwait Airways promised, on Wednesday, the resumption of flights between Iraq and Kuwait historic step, and confirmed that the formal resumption of flights will be during the next three weeks, while suggesting the cost of tickets will be high.

The director of the Kuwait Airways Sami half in the reporter (long-Presse), who accompanied the Iraqi delegation at the first Iraqi aircraft heading to Kuwait for more than 22 years, said that "the arrival of the first aircraft of Iraqi Airways to Kuwait to resume flights between the two countries is historic and important step to strengthen relations between the two countries, "noting that" this step will open the way for Iraqi businessmen and Kuwaitis to strengthen economic relations between the two countries. "

I left this afternoon Iraqi aircraft to Kuwait for the first time since 22 years, and included the plane and an official delegation headed by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and the membership and Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri and a number of other officials, including Chairman of the Commission on Security and Defense Hassan Sinead addition to other legislators and journalists.

Half said that "Iraq is an important country and look for work there in the near future," he said, adding "the licensing of two Iraqi Airways and Kuwaiti official to work between the two countries."

The manager of Kuwait Airways to be "formally resume flights to the general Iraqi airports will be after three weeks with the exception of flights to Najaf airport," noting that it "will begin after weeks."

And between a half and that "tickets prices will be appropriate that the distance between Iraq and Kuwait by plane to Atsngriq time."

The Ministry of Transport announced earlier, on Wednesday, for the arrival of an Iraqi aircraft to Kuwait after a hiatus of more than 22 years.

The Iraqi Ministry of Transport announced, the first on Monday, (February 25, 2013), for the conduct of the first flight of Iraqi Airways to Kuwait on Wednesday, more than two decades, indicating that it invited a number of members of the House of Representatives and the Kuwaiti ambassador in Baghdad to participate in the trip, confirmed that the relevant authorities in the two countries "made unremitting efforts to resolve their problems inherited."

The arrival of Iraqi aircraft to Kuwait, in conjunction with the celebration of National Day the second session, and festival "liberation" the twenty-second, which falls in the 26 of February of each year, the anniversary of the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which entered in August 1990, as organized Kuwaiti Embassy in Iraq, evening Tuesday, ceremonial Dharha Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and a number of officials in the government.

The Kuwaiti National Assembly approved, in the 22 of January 2013 the vast majority of the Convention on the liquidation of debts of Iraqi Airways, stressing that the Council referred the decree law of the Convention to the Government for approval.

And halted Iraqi Airways flights to a large number of European countries after Kuwait filed a lawsuit for damages suffered by the aircraft as a result of the Iraqi invasion in 1990, and demanded payment of one billion and 200 million dollars for Kuwait Airways.

And witnessed Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations in recent progress in relation to solving some outstanding problems, as the parties agreed during the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki last of Kuwait on the fourteenth of the month of March 2012, to end the issue of compensation for airline Kuwaiti and maintenance of border markers, as agreed the common foundations and frameworks to resolve all the files within short time scales, with the exception of Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who accompanied Maliki on the trip to what has been agreed upon is significant progress with regard to the exit of Iraq from Chapter VII.

As a result, Kuwait announced on the third of April 2012, its intention to re-opening of the line to fly with Baghdad in the coming days for the first time in more than 21 years, promised that action is the culmination of efforts between the two countries in order to strengthen relations.

Kuwait has sent a formal letter to Iraq at the beginning of November 2012, proving the settlement of the issue of compensation due to the Iraqi Airways to pay the last $ 500 million in favor of Kuwait Airways.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in (October 2012) that the Emir of Kuwait and formally agreed to settle the issue of compensation Kuwait Airways incurred owed by Iraq, including bringing all restrictions and complications for efforts to rebuild the Iraqi Airways and freedom to buy new planes and create a fleet.

Following the decision of the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers approved the Iraqi in the 20/11/2012 allocation of $ 500 million in the budget year 2013, to settle the issue with Kuwait Airways, while announced authorization Advisor to the Prime Minister for Legal Affairs to negotiate and agree


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