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07-16-2008, 12:00 PM
De Mistura's visit to the Kurdistan region of Iraq .. Kurds stress the application of Article 140 and Turkomans consider it biased
Published 16.7.2008
Uzmatik / Kirkuk
A visit by Prime Iunami Group of the United Nations Special resolving the issue of the disputed areas in Iraq, Staffan de Mistura to the Kurdistan region of Iraq, different reactions among the political blocs in Kirkuk, some described as important visit, and one-sided de Mistura said.
He said a member of the Turkmen Front in Kirkuk, Ali Mahdi in an interview with "Uzmatik" that "the right of de Mistura meeting of all political parties and non-political, and the issue of Kirkuk will be resolved only through meeting components".
Mahdi added that "de Mistura, the meeting of political parties and cultural rights over the issue of Kirkuk, because the subject is complex and thorny because of demographic change in the governorate, was therefore needed to take the views of professionals and intellectuals in addition to the politicians."
Regarding the impact of the visit on the issue of Kirkuk, Ali Mahdi said that "there was unanimity on the Iraqi Kirkuk and giving a special status for a transitional period during which the normalization of the situation, as there is international consensus that includes the European state, regional and international organizations on the special status of Kirkuk," as he put it.
The member of the Turkmen Front, "the Kurdish party is committed to the proposal and one is the annexation of Kirkuk to the Kurdistan region, which explains with Kurds to sit at the table of dialogue," saying that "the attitude of the United Nations of being biased in favour of Kurdish parties," as he put it.
He called Mehdi Iraqi government and the United Nations "to create the appropriate atmosphere to sit all the main parties in Kirkuk to the negotiating table to reach a solution satisfactory to all middle class."
Member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Mahmoud Mohammed described, in an interview with "Uzmatik," de Mistura's visit as "important to explore the views and positions of the Kurdistan Regional Government."
Mohammed said that "to the United Nations international mechanism to resolve any issue, and have experience in conflict resolution," noting that "Dmistora did not mention in his meeting Kurdistan Regional Government, but the visit was confined to the political parties, dignitaries and tribal chieftains and members of the Iraqi Parliament, And citizens who wish to visit him, knowing that the Government of the Territory recognized by the Iraqi Constitution, "stressing that" the issue of Kirkuk will be resolved only the application of article 140 of the Constitution. "
For his part, felt spokesman for the Arabs in Kirkuk, Mohamed Khalil, "de Mistura visit to the Kurdistan region is something natural, and has the right meeting of political parties in Iraq."
Regarding the solution to the problem of Kirkuk, Khalil said that "the solution to the question of Kirkuk should emerge from a population of Kirkuk themselves," calling for "compromise to resolve the issue, but results will be unsatisfactory for all", he said.
Khalil explained, "We as Arabs in Kirkuk reject any resolution decentralized, even to act like the Iraqi party."
The Kirkuk, some 260 km north of Baghdad, from thorny issues, since different views around the political components, the Kurds demanding to be part of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and Turkmen want a separate territory, with calls for Arabs to be linked to a territory status.
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Bambaboo
Published 16.7.2008
Uzmatik / Kirkuk
A visit by Prime Iunami Group of the United Nations Special resolving the issue of the disputed areas in Iraq, Staffan de Mistura to the Kurdistan region of Iraq, different reactions among the political blocs in Kirkuk, some described as important visit, and one-sided de Mistura said.
He said a member of the Turkmen Front in Kirkuk, Ali Mahdi in an interview with "Uzmatik" that "the right of de Mistura meeting of all political parties and non-political, and the issue of Kirkuk will be resolved only through meeting components".
Mahdi added that "de Mistura, the meeting of political parties and cultural rights over the issue of Kirkuk, because the subject is complex and thorny because of demographic change in the governorate, was therefore needed to take the views of professionals and intellectuals in addition to the politicians."
Regarding the impact of the visit on the issue of Kirkuk, Ali Mahdi said that "there was unanimity on the Iraqi Kirkuk and giving a special status for a transitional period during which the normalization of the situation, as there is international consensus that includes the European state, regional and international organizations on the special status of Kirkuk," as he put it.
The member of the Turkmen Front, "the Kurdish party is committed to the proposal and one is the annexation of Kirkuk to the Kurdistan region, which explains with Kurds to sit at the table of dialogue," saying that "the attitude of the United Nations of being biased in favour of Kurdish parties," as he put it.
He called Mehdi Iraqi government and the United Nations "to create the appropriate atmosphere to sit all the main parties in Kirkuk to the negotiating table to reach a solution satisfactory to all middle class."
Member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Mahmoud Mohammed described, in an interview with "Uzmatik," de Mistura's visit as "important to explore the views and positions of the Kurdistan Regional Government."
Mohammed said that "to the United Nations international mechanism to resolve any issue, and have experience in conflict resolution," noting that "Dmistora did not mention in his meeting Kurdistan Regional Government, but the visit was confined to the political parties, dignitaries and tribal chieftains and members of the Iraqi Parliament, And citizens who wish to visit him, knowing that the Government of the Territory recognized by the Iraqi Constitution, "stressing that" the issue of Kirkuk will be resolved only the application of article 140 of the Constitution. "
For his part, felt spokesman for the Arabs in Kirkuk, Mohamed Khalil, "de Mistura visit to the Kurdistan region is something natural, and has the right meeting of political parties in Iraq."
Regarding the solution to the problem of Kirkuk, Khalil said that "the solution to the question of Kirkuk should emerge from a population of Kirkuk themselves," calling for "compromise to resolve the issue, but results will be unsatisfactory for all", he said.
Khalil explained, "We as Arabs in Kirkuk reject any resolution decentralized, even to act like the Iraqi party."
The Kirkuk, some 260 km north of Baghdad, from thorny issues, since different views around the political components, the Kurds demanding to be part of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and Turkmen want a separate territory, with calls for Arabs to be linked to a territory status.
http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://iraqalaan.com/bm/Politics/3743.shtml&usg=ALkJrhisnTHpdC3Qog6FeoY-XNOBP7JZ5w
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