GCC backs Kuwait in Iraq's dispute
Associated Press
2009-06-09 12:58 AM
The Gulf states on Monday gave Kuwait their full support in its dispute with Iraq over the 1991 war reparations and border demarcation.
In a statement issued after an emergency meeting, foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council said Iraq should comply with U.N. resolutions related to the war.
Tension between the two neighbors escalated last week when some Iraqi lawmakers demanded compensation from Kuwait for facilitating the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The lawmakers were angered by Kuwait's rejection of measures to remove the U.N.'s description of Iraq as a threat to international peace and security which was imposed after Saddam Hussein invaded the country in 1990.
Associated Press
2009-06-09 12:58 AM
The Gulf states on Monday gave Kuwait their full support in its dispute with Iraq over the 1991 war reparations and border demarcation.
In a statement issued after an emergency meeting, foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council said Iraq should comply with U.N. resolutions related to the war.
Tension between the two neighbors escalated last week when some Iraqi lawmakers demanded compensation from Kuwait for facilitating the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The lawmakers were angered by Kuwait's rejection of measures to remove the U.N.'s description of Iraq as a threat to international peace and security which was imposed after Saddam Hussein invaded the country in 1990.