Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Ban Ki-moon calls for the lifting of all sanctions imposed on Iraq because of the invasion of Kuwait

19/06/2013




Ba Ki-moon

BAGHDAD (Iba) .. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to move forward "to lift all the sanctions imposed on Iraq under Chapter VII about 23 years ago, after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990."

And recommended that it be dealing with the remaining issues between Iraq and Kuwait on missing Kuwaitis and Kuwaiti property damages, under Chapter VI of the UN Charter, which urges States to resolve conflicts by peaceful means.

And Ban Ki-moon said in his report, which was published Tuesday, "if the Security Council agreed to my recommendations, Iraq will emerge from Chapter VII with respect to this file and will approach a step to restore international stature. A goal sought by long lead this country after the overthrow of the regime of Saddam Hussein. "

For his part, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that if the Security Council approved the recommendations of Ban Ki-moon, the only commitment from the rest of Iraq under Chapter VII is to pay the amount of $ 11 billion owed to Kuwait from the rest of the amount of compensation.

The Kuwaiti delegation was headed by Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah visited Iraq last week and signed several agreements and memoranda of understanding. The two sides stressed their keenness to complete the remainder of the outstanding issues. (End)

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