Maliki agrees to visit Kuwait in the coming days

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Maliki agrees to visit Kuwait in the coming days

Baghdad, Nov. 14 (AKnews) – Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki received an official invitation from the Kuwaiti Prime Minister Naser al-Mouhammed to visit the country and discuss the outstanding issues between the two countries.

According to Maliki’s media consultant Mariam al-Rayyes, Maliki accepted the invitation and he will visit Kuwait in the coming days.
There are several issues lingering between Kuwait and Iraq that frequently spark tensions between the two neighbors: shared oil fields, land and water border demarcations, and the controversial Kuwaiti Mubarak Port which Iraqis believe will take business away from their ports and effect fishermen working in the Gulf.

Iraq is also criticizing Kuwait for its support of the UN’s Chapter 7 sanctions that were imposed on Iraq after the Second Gulf War in 1991. Kuwait demands reparations for the Iraqi invasion, disclosure of the fate of Kuwaiti MIAs and the return of the remains of Kuwaitis POWs.

Without Kuwait’s approval, it is not likely that the United Nations Security Council lift the Chapter 7 sanctions.

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