Monday, June 10, 2013

Jun 09 2013

Maliki: We agreed to solve a number of issues



Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki announced on Sunday, that he agreed with the President of Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani on a solution to the file of Kurdistan Regional Guard forces (Peshmerga)
as well as Article 140 of the constitution as well as the borders of the disputed provinces.
Maliki visited Kurdistan Region earlier today, for the first time since more than two years in an attempt to resolve the outstanding differences between the two sides.
Maliki said in a joint press conference with Barzani in Erbil attended by "Shafaq News" in response to a question on the amendment of the Constitution that "this issue (the Amendment) needs a popular vote. Any modification must be done according to voting even if one letter was changed ".
"We have agreed (with the Kurdish officials) on some issues (outstanding) as Peshmarga and article 140, as there must be a census".
Maliki did not say more on the subject, but he pointed out that the census will resolve a lot of differences and said, "We are determined to conduct it this year".
"We also agreed to activate the draft of the provincial borders submitted by his Excellency, President Jalal Talabani, as it is now in the Parliament and he must submit it in his agenda".
"I and Abu Masror don't have a magic stick to solve all the problems at once but by determination this can be achieved and there must be introductions and we are working on them," Mr. al-Maliki added.
Maliki announced that Barzani will visit Baghdad in the future.
On his part Mr. Barzani said in the conference that " Abu Isra (Maliki) will have other visits to Erbil".
Barzani said also that he agreed with al-Maliki to activate the role of the higher committees between the two sides to end the end the outstanding issues, at a time Maliki stressed that Baghdad and Erbil will cooperate to prevent the region's disorders to affect Iraq.
There are old problems between Baghdad and Erbil over disputed areas and oil wealth management as well as the budget of the Regional Guard "Peshmerga" and others.
Kurdistan relationship was characterized of severe tense with the federal government during the second term of, Nuri al-Maliki, as Kurdistan says that al-Maliki is being solitary in decisions making and is moving the country towards dictatorship, but al-Maliki says that he applies the Constitution.
Tensed relations threatened the old strategic alliance between the Kurds and the Shiite National Alliance, which dates back to the period of their opposition to the former Iraqi regime.
at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)