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BAGHDAD, March 14 (KUNA) -- Following an agreement and a decision by the
Iraqi government announced Tuesday to allow Kuwaitis access and measures to
dispose or in any way deal with their property in Iraq, government spokesman
Ali Al-Dabbagh Wednesday added the principle of reciprocal treatment was
verified by a delegation that visited Kuwait.
Virtue of the visiting team's assurances, the two states are now to
exchange lists of their citizens' properties and acknowledge right of access
and by any means disposal of said property, he said. "Kuwaiti officials
provided lists detailing names of Iraqi citizens owning property in the
country between January 1959 and September 2011.
"The two sides agreed on exchange of claims by citizens on either side
through diplomatic channels, with the documents required as proof of ownership,
" the spokesman said.
The Iraqi official added the Iraqi side would make sure that no Kuwaiti
property listed virtue of this agreement had been compensated for through the
UN Compensation Commission (UNCC), and that there is no legal or judicial
constraint or seizure on any property listed.(end)
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