Zebari during a lengthy interview: Iraq's most powerful Arab regimes from the political point
The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the Iraqi government take to address all issues with Kuwait in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy among the most important priorities.
He noted, in a lengthy interview during his recent visit to Damascus that contacts are continuing between the two countries, referring to the upcoming visit of President Jalal Talabani to Kuwait to participate in the celebrations of independence and liberation.
With regard to the Arab summit next month, Zebari stressed that the summit periodically and held important of all nations, and pointed out that the need to convene the summit in these conditions may be greater, considering that Iraq needs for the summit and the Arabs need for Iraq and the following is the text of the interview:
Q - Where did the issue of compensation between Iraq and Kuwait?
C - Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations are progressing steadily and distinct, there are recent visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Kuwait, a bilateral visit to discuss all issues with affection and love and openly with our brothers in Kuwait, there is also a planned visit this month to President of the Republic to participate in the celebrations of independence, liberation and installation His Highness the Prince, and there are ongoing contacts between the Iraqi government and the Kuwaiti Recently visited Iraq, a Kuwaiti delegation a high-level participation of the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and leave a positive impression, too, is certainly a priority for the Iraqi government to address all issues with our brothers in Kuwait according to the resolutions of international legitimacy.
Q - Iraq is now in a state of calm, when we will see real initiatives towards reconciliation among the Iraqi people?
C - the bulk of the reconciliation verification form a government of national partnership, most of the forces and political leaders and all the components of Iraq currently involved in the government is broadly representative, it is true there are still outside the political process, but always the door was open for reconciliation in the light of the democratic system and the new Iraqi in the light of the Constitution approved by the Iraqi people and to renounce violence, these are the basics any of the parties intending to participate and rebuilding of Iraq, and thus reconciliation achieved to a large extent, the door is open in the light of the recognition of the democratic system of constitutional elect, to renounce violence and this is the position of the Iraqi government on the issue of reconciliation.
Q - Despite the relative calm in Iraq was not note the return of Iraqi refugees to their country?
C - there is a return may be slow and not up to scratch, but there are many Iraqis living in Syria and Jordan and Egypt have returned to Iraq, of course we need more efforts and more attempts to encourage them to provide a decent life for them and return them to their jobs, and the issue is not to return, but there is a system of procedures We need to Ndmnha them and the government is serious in this matter and there are projects and programs, and the fact the Iraqi government is grateful to embrace Syria to the numbers of Iraqis, and certainly those numbers are not in the millions, and estimates of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and its registered in Syria and Jordan, 194 thousand, perhaps there are numbers of other non-registered, and we with all of their return to Iraq and providing the requirements of a decent life for them, the government required to communicate with them and encourage them to return.
Q - There is no doubt that Iraq is a country rich in oil and, but still a list of scenes of misery in Iraq, is it corruption? Are you afraid of infection, what happened in Egypt and Tunisia?
I think Iraq is the most powerful Arab regimes currently in political terms, these infections are not afraid to go to Iraq because the political system is immune, there are elections and there are peaceful transfer of power and there is freedom, what happened in Tunisia was not due to water services, electricity and housing, not even in Egypt, demands the political focus on the freedom of these peoples, as well as representation in power, and this is achieved in Iraq after the rivers of blood, occupation, invasion, war and conflict, but Iraq has reached the stage is not afraid of this infection because the foundations of the system may not be complete or perfect, but the political process continuing.
Q - one of the crucial issues that could flare again in the Iraqi arena is Kirkuk, what defuse this issue?
C - the identity of Kirkuk, an Iraqi identity, and any solution from the outside solution is rejected, the subject of Kirkuk issue of constitutional and there are mechanisms to deal with, and should be under the Constitution to conduct a census was in Kirkuk, but in all of Iraq as a need of national and development of each country, so there is no fear at all of the explosion of this Gunpowder, predicting that people explode.
This position is the position of Massoud Barzani, also a, who played a key role in the formation of the current Iraqi government, so every Iraqi leaders have become aware of the needs of the country, and we must give to each other to reach a compromise formula, we waited nine months and many believe that Iraq has ended and failed experiment, but Iraqi patience has produced a government without resort to any party to violence, weapons, the liquidation of the other, marginalized, and this is a matter of record the Iraqi regime.
Q - How do you assess your relations with Arab states and with?
C - our relations with Arab countries is good but we have embassies in all the Arab countries we have to connect, with everyone, even lasting that there are some states do not have the limit moment Embassy in Baghdad.
The enemy, some of them to reopen their embassies, as well as a delegation of Qatari businessmen will visit Baghdad to explore investment opportunities and, in general our relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council whether a good relationship with Saudi Arabia or Kuwait or Bahrain or Qatar or United Arab Emirates.
Q - How do you assess the anger of the Arab street at the moment?
C - the Arab street is angry and proven events in Tunisia and Egypt and in other areas there is a state of anger and frustration must be the question of reform and change and modernization of institutions, the world is moving very quickly and we are behind on this subject, and ways of life change, and that does not change is change.
God willing, will be many things during the Arab Summit in Baghdad and now preparations are well under way, and the fact that the summit is an independent institution for what is happening and is happening in the Arab countries, and periodic held the task of all nations, may be a greater need for the convening of this summit, in these circumstances, Iraq needs for the summit and the Arabs need for Iraq.