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KHARTOUM, Jan 20 (KUNA) -- Head of the Kuwaiti parliamentary caucus, House
Speaker Ali Fahad Al-Rashed asserted here on Sunday that Kuwait and Iraq are
seeking to turn the page of the past and strengthen their bilateral relations
for the sake of the two countries and peoples.
This came in a press statement made by Al-Rashed after meeting head of the
Iraqi delegation attending the conference of the Parliamentary Union of the
OIC Member States (PUOIC) MP Hammam Hammoudi.
Al-Rashed quoted Hammoudi as saying that the former Iraqi regime had
carried out criminal acts against the Iraqi people and Kuwait, adding that
both countries' parliaments have a big responsibility to restore relations.
He said in this context that he had received an invitation from the Iraqi
parliament speaker to visit Iraq in the next few months.
Al-Rashed expressed satisfaction over the recent actions that took place
between the Kuwaiti and Iraqi governments, calling for continued efforts in
this respect.
He said that governments "agree and disagree on certain issues, but
parliamentary relations is a popular diplomacy that make distances between
people closer."
On his assessment of deliberations of the current PUOIC session, Al-Rashed
said that the conference is moving in the right direction as planned, adding
that "there are good proposals submitted by some countries and are being
discussed now."
For his part, Hammoudi said that Kuwaiti-Iraqi ties have witnessed positive
developments, recalling the recent settlements made by the two countries
regarding the files of Iraqi Airways and border signs. (end)
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