Baghdad-INA
First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, called on the government to take appropriate measures to prevent encroachment and ensure the country's water rights.
Al-Mandalawi's office said in a statement that "the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, chaired, today, an expanded meeting of the Parliamentary Transport and Communications Committee, in the presence of the technical undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport, and the director of the General Company for Iraqi Ports."
According to the statement "The meeting was devoted to discussing Kuwaiti encroachment on Khor Abdullah channel, reviewing the terms of the agreements signed between Iraq and Kuwait and compatibility it with the agreement to regulate maritime navigation between the two countries, by forming a joint committee working to implement the terms of the agreement and putting joint plans for maritime safety.”
Al-Mandalawi renewed his rejection and denunciation of the repeated Kuwaiti violations of Iraqi waters, calling on the government to "take appropriate measures to prevent it, including voting on the base map, and dealing in accordance with international charters and agreements to guarantee Iraq's water rights."
"Take and legal measures in this regard, as well as hold accountable for those who are proven to be negligent in this file." Al-Mandalawi said.
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