Kuwaiti-Iraqi technical panel to meet Tuesday
03 October 2009
KUWAIT: The technical committee on Kuwaiti-Iraqi issues is scheduled to meet next Tuesday, October 6th to discuss all the outstanding issues between the two governments, according to a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official.
Ambassador Khalid Mughamis, the ministry's director of Monitoring and Coordination, explained that the border demarcation between the two states have been finalized, adding that the marine borders are connected to the boundaries of the undersea continental shelf that lies between Kuwait, Iraq and Iran.
Mughamis also denied reports that the Iraqi government had stopped paying compensation for Kuwaiti properties confiscated by the previous Iraqi regime.
The ambassador also revealed that the UN Secretary General's High-Level Coordinator Genaddy Tarasov is scheduled to visit Kuwait tomorrow to discuss the issue of the remaining Kuwaiti detainees in the US's Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Mughamis expressed optimism that the remaining prisoners there would soon be released, adding that Kuwait is currently awaiting the return of detainees Khalid Al-Mutairi and Fouad Al-Rabea, who have been released on the basis of a court order issued by the US federal government.
Kuwait Times 2009
03 October 2009
KUWAIT: The technical committee on Kuwaiti-Iraqi issues is scheduled to meet next Tuesday, October 6th to discuss all the outstanding issues between the two governments, according to a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official.
Ambassador Khalid Mughamis, the ministry's director of Monitoring and Coordination, explained that the border demarcation between the two states have been finalized, adding that the marine borders are connected to the boundaries of the undersea continental shelf that lies between Kuwait, Iraq and Iran.
Mughamis also denied reports that the Iraqi government had stopped paying compensation for Kuwaiti properties confiscated by the previous Iraqi regime.
The ambassador also revealed that the UN Secretary General's High-Level Coordinator Genaddy Tarasov is scheduled to visit Kuwait tomorrow to discuss the issue of the remaining Kuwaiti detainees in the US's Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
Mughamis expressed optimism that the remaining prisoners there would soon be released, adding that Kuwait is currently awaiting the return of detainees Khalid Al-Mutairi and Fouad Al-Rabea, who have been released on the basis of a court order issued by the US federal government.
Kuwait Times 2009