Kuwait: a UN decision to close the compensation file on Iraq

The Kuwaiti ambassador to Baghdad, Salem Al-Zamanan, confirmed today, Saturday, that the Compensation Committee will issue a decision to permanently close the file of financial compensation.

Al-Zamanan said, during his visit to Anbar Governorate, to the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "I am very happy to be among my family and brothers in Anbar, which is witnessing a major urban campaign," noting that "Kuwait does not only support Anbar, but supports all of Iraq and is always concerned with its security." and stability.”

Al-Zamanan added, "Since 2003, Kuwait has been a supporter of Iraq in various fields and has participated in alleviating the suffering of the displaced by building camps and providing them with the equipment they need, caravan schools and mobile medical clinics."

Al-Zamanan pointed out that, "Kuwait at the donors' conference in 2018 had contributions through a $100 million grant, which was allocated to the stricken governorates, including Anbar Governorate," noting that "there are pledges in the Kuwait conference that still exist, as one billion dollars were allocated for the rehabilitation of infrastructure, And also a billion dollars for investment.

Adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, announced in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), last Thursday, that "Iraq has ended the file of compensation for the Kuwait war, as it paid the last payment of dues at about less than 45 million dollars," noting, that "" Thus, Iraq has paid all its obligations imposed on it under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant Security Council resolutions in 1991.

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