Seaview
02-06-2009, 05:42 AM
Massoud Barzani, President of Kurdistan region called on the public and private sectors in Kuwait to increase their investments in Kurdistan region, because the region is considered as an oasis and can have the capacity for these investments.
Following President’s Barzani visit to the Kuwaiti Parliament yesterday, he held a press conference to answer the reporters’ questions. He stressed the necessity of the American forces existence in Iraq by saying “any immediate American withdrawal may lead to a civil war.”
Regarding Article 140, President Barzani said “the world has to step up in implementing Article 140, especially after carrying out the provincial elections. The elections in the disputed areas demonstrated that the Kurdistan Alliance Bloc has a crushing victory. If the elections were carried out in Kirkuk, the bloc would get the same victory. We are not afraid of the elections; either it will be carried out today or tomorrow. We are supporting the constitutional and legal solutions for Kirkuk and other areas.”
He emphasized that the region and its leaderships became under a campaign of defamation and said “in Kurdistan parliament, we chose the unity with our Arab brothers in Iraq. The accusations of secession are baseless. We must be supported for more constitutional and legal institutions and infrastructure. Why does the infrastructure mean secession?”
President Barzani refused any regional interference in the Iraqi affairs by saying “while we don’t see such interference in Kurdistan region, we refuse them in any Iraqi city. The relation between Kurdistan regional government and the federal government are close, especially in the foreign policy.”
In answering a question regarding the relations between Kurdistan region and Israel, which was repeated for two times, Barzani said “the Iraqi diplomatic relations with the foreign countries are up to the federal government. Kurdistan region cannot make any unilateral relation with Israel or other countries. Why do you ask me this question and the Israeli flag flies in the skies of Arab capitals like Egypt and Qatar? If we make relations with Israel, then we will declare it without any fear.”
He also spoke on his talks with the Kuwaiti leadership and said that they were on the relations between Kuwait and Iraq in general and with the region in particular. He also spoke on the political, financial and economic support of Kuwait to Kurdistan region and emphasized the readiness of cooperation with Kuwait to find its prisoners’ corpses in Iraq.
Bearing in mind, Kurdistan region president’s visit includes Kuwait and Qatar.
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Following President’s Barzani visit to the Kuwaiti Parliament yesterday, he held a press conference to answer the reporters’ questions. He stressed the necessity of the American forces existence in Iraq by saying “any immediate American withdrawal may lead to a civil war.”
Regarding Article 140, President Barzani said “the world has to step up in implementing Article 140, especially after carrying out the provincial elections. The elections in the disputed areas demonstrated that the Kurdistan Alliance Bloc has a crushing victory. If the elections were carried out in Kirkuk, the bloc would get the same victory. We are not afraid of the elections; either it will be carried out today or tomorrow. We are supporting the constitutional and legal solutions for Kirkuk and other areas.”
He emphasized that the region and its leaderships became under a campaign of defamation and said “in Kurdistan parliament, we chose the unity with our Arab brothers in Iraq. The accusations of secession are baseless. We must be supported for more constitutional and legal institutions and infrastructure. Why does the infrastructure mean secession?”
President Barzani refused any regional interference in the Iraqi affairs by saying “while we don’t see such interference in Kurdistan region, we refuse them in any Iraqi city. The relation between Kurdistan regional government and the federal government are close, especially in the foreign policy.”
In answering a question regarding the relations between Kurdistan region and Israel, which was repeated for two times, Barzani said “the Iraqi diplomatic relations with the foreign countries are up to the federal government. Kurdistan region cannot make any unilateral relation with Israel or other countries. Why do you ask me this question and the Israeli flag flies in the skies of Arab capitals like Egypt and Qatar? If we make relations with Israel, then we will declare it without any fear.”
He also spoke on his talks with the Kuwaiti leadership and said that they were on the relations between Kuwait and Iraq in general and with the region in particular. He also spoke on the political, financial and economic support of Kuwait to Kurdistan region and emphasized the readiness of cooperation with Kuwait to find its prisoners’ corpses in Iraq.
Bearing in mind, Kurdistan region president’s visit includes Kuwait and Qatar.
http://pukmedia.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9148&Itemid=1