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KUWAIT, Jan 24 (KUNA) -- Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said Wednesday the Iraqi government resumed paying compensations to Kuwait relating to the 1990 invasion.
Iraq started, a month ago, paying the instalments of the compensations agreed with Kuwait under auspices of the United Nations Compensation Commission, he said.
The payments will continue until 2021, Al-Jarallah told reporters this evening during a reception held by India Embassy in Kuwait to celebrate the National Day of India.
On the property of Kuwaiti citizens in Iraq, he said contacts are underway with the Iraqi authorities to enable the Kuwaitis restore these property.
Iraq was forced to stop paying the instalments of the compensations to Kuwait in 2014 due to the security challenges that added strains on the state budget. (end)
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