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DinarPoor
08-07-2010, 06:00 PM
An Iraqi figure said the Iraqi government should commit itself to implementing international resolutions on Kuwait.

Speaking at a seminar held in Irbil late Thursday, under the title: "In Remembrance of the Barbaric Aggression on Kuwait", Abdelrahim Al-Refaai, chairman of the so-called Iraqi-Kuwaiti Relations Supporting Council, said the State of Kuwait, at both official and unofficial levels, has amicable and friendly feelings towards the Iraqi people.

He called on the Iraqi government to meet international resolutions on compensations to Kuwait, which he said have become a legitimate right of the Kuwaiti people.

By so doing, Iraq can show to the entire world that it is a peaceful country that respects international laws and meets its commitments, he said.

On the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, he said: "Saddam Hussein was a tyrant who oppressed Iraq with all its nationalities and components; Kurds, Arab and minorities. His oppression went beyond Iraq and his invasion of Kuwait is a resonant paradigm." "Saddam alleged that he was the bearer of the banner of Arab nationalism, but on the ground, he did harm to an Arab neighboring country. He tried to control the will, land and people of Kuwait. The Kuwaiti people went to bed on August 1, 1990, to w
ake up to become 'Iraqis' on the following day only by the power of Saddam Hussein," he lamented.

He went on to say that the Kuwaiti land border is open to Iraqis around the clock, and Kuwaiti ports are witnessing an active and unrestricted movement. He added that thousands of Iraqis fled to Kuwait in 2003, and are now working in Kuwait so freely.

However, he lashed out at some Iraqis for alleging that Kuwait is the 19th province of Kuwait, emphasizing that people-to-people Iraqi and Kuwaiti relations are good, historical and deep.

The Iraqi-Kuwaiti Relations Supporting Council, which is headquartered in the northern city of Irbil, is mainly meant to heal Iraqi-Kuwaiti rifts triggered off by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.


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