Six countries participating in the Kuwait conference inform Iraq of non-compliance with its commitments

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Kuwait calls on countries participating in the conference to rebuild Iraq to fulfill their obligations

 

Reconstruction and building Economy News _ Baghdad Kuwait, which participated in the Conference on the Reconstruction of Iraq, which hosted Kuwait in February last year, to fulfill its obligations. Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi, said during the session of the Security Council on Iraq, according to the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), that he "encouraged all countries that participated in the conference to fulfill its commitments," expressing hope for "cooperation and coordination With the Iraqi government to establish a mechanism to follow up on the implementation of those commitments to contribute to achieving the aspirations of Iraqis. " Al-Otaibi added that "our bilateral relationship with the Republic of Iraq is witnessing continuous and positive developments, turning the page of that painful past, opening a new page of fruitful cooperation and translating this approach by solving the remaining outstanding issues." He continued, "Bilateral visits are at the highest level, most notably the visit of the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah last June and the joint bilateral committees are an important indicator to strengthen that cooperation." "Since the demise of Saddam Hussein's regime, Kuwait has provided all kinds of support and assistance to the Iraqi people," he said. He continued: "We look forward to strengthening support by investing promising opportunities in the so-called relations and raise them to the level of ambition and achieve the two countries and their peoples progress and prosperity," praising the "commitment and commitment shown by Iraq in fulfilling all remaining international obligations stipulated in the relevant Security Council resolutions towards State of Kuwait as required. " Views: 14   Date Added: 29/08/2019

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Six countries participating in the Kuwait conference inform Iraq of non-compliance with its commitments

Economie

2019-10-21 | 04:16

 

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A government official revealed that six countries that participated in the Kuwait conference told Iraq not to abide by their commitments, pointing out that those countries attributed the reason to the widespread corruption and the lack of a clear road map to spend money on reconstruction projects.

The official said in a statement continued Alsumaria News, " Iraq needs according to government reports, between 80 to 90 billion dollars, for the reconstruction of 180 cities and districts, town and district distributed over the provinces of Anbar, Nineveh , Diyala , Salah al-Din , Kirkuk , the Baghdad belt and northern Babylon , These cities were invaded by ISIS north and west of Iraq in mid-2014 and were liberated in 2017, noting that "these areas represent 49% of the total area of the country."

 

In February 2018, Kuwait sponsored an international conference for the reconstruction and development of Iraq , with the participation of more than 40 countries and hundreds of foreign companies in various sectors, while the Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah , at the time, that international pledges At the conference amounted to 30 billion.

 

The official added that "these commitments did not find their way to activate," pointing to the "6 Arab and foreign countries informed Iraq that corruption in Iraq and the Government did not provide a clear roadmap for how the money is spent on reconstruction projects, is paid to the reluctance to honor its commitments."