Talabani reveals unexpected visit to Iraq Arodgan is talking about Iranian interference "exaggerated"

BAGHDAD - Iraq votes 29 / 05 / 2008 at 19:53:58 A President Jalal Talabani, Thursday, the unexpected visit by a Turkish prime minister to Iraq, referring to the approval of Ankara to finance D, two-gas and oil and increasing the share of water. He said that there is "exaggerated" in talking about Iranian interference in Iraq.

He said Talabani, during a meeting held in Baghdad today (Thursday) with the chief editors of a number of media organizations attended (Voices of Iraq), said that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan "will visit Iraq soon," without setting a date for the visit. He added, "it was forming a committee headed by the Prime Ministers of both countries, branch by other committees, to develop trade exchange between Iraq and Turkey increased to five billion dollars, an increase (20%) from the current rate."

He visited Talabani (Ankara), in the first week of March last, the first Iraqi President Visits Turkey. The mission held discussions with his counterpart Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan, said that Iraq hopes to establish "strategic relations and robust" with Turkey.

The Iraqi president's visit came a week after the expiration of a large-scale offensive carried out by the Turkish army rules l (PKK) in northern Iraq to hunt down elements of the party, which prohibits (Ankara) and considers it his (party terrorists), says that the raids targeting civilians within their borders and the security forces . The Taliban, during a meeting with chief editors of the Iraqi media today, that Turkey had agreed to "finance the D line, one to transport gas and other oil between the two countries and also agreed to raise the quantity of electricity, which supplies out of Iraq, increasing its share of water."

The Minister of Water Resources, the Iraqi Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid visited Turkey last week, to discuss the subject of severe scarcity of water in rivers (Tigris) and (Euphrates) suffered by Iraq in the last period due to lack of rainfall in the river basin and low water contained them. A statement by the Ministry that the minister had carried a letter from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to his Turkish counterpart on "the current water situation in the country, and the severe scarcity and limited levels in reservoirs", which the statement indicated that "requires increased releases of water from Turkey (River Euphrates) and could release him from the discharge of water enhances the situation in the (Tigris) to face the current drought season. " With regard to relations with the Republic of Iran, Talabani said "there is an exaggeration to talk about Iranian interference in Iraqi affairs," adding that Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi, "is in Tehran, playing there is a positive talks" on topics of interest to both countries. Accuses Iraqi political forces and Arab states Iran of interfering in Iraqi affairs. The United States says that Tehran "fuel violence" through the submission of arms and training to ensure anti-government militias in Iraq. Which Iran has repeatedly denied this, saying that "American occupation" was the cause of violence.

The President of the Republic of the draft law of oil and gas, and said that the project "approved in final form in the cabinet, but the state council is in the revision, and will change" in its clauses, without revealing the nature of those changes. He added: "There is controversy with regard to oil, you believe a monopoly company for exporting Iraqi oil, or open to other companies from the private sector ..?.

" The bill (oil and gas) and one law controversial among Iraqi political forces, which opens the door for foreign companies to invest in the oil sector, allowing foreign participation in practical production and export.

Turning Talabani to talk about (Iraqi Convention - America) long-term, which he said has become the place of widespread controversy in the political arena in recent weeks, and said "the Convention has not yet completed and crystallized so far." The "Government consulted the collection of groups, both inside and outside the country, before they sign it. And the ultimate reference in the signing of the Convention is the National Security Council." And signed by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President George W. Bush, on (26) of November last (2007), the principles of an agreement between Iraq and the United States, sets the basis for cooperation between the two countries in the areas of security, economy and politics. The governments of Baghdad and Washington, then, that the agreement would form the basis for negotiation on the "Convention on long-term" governing the relationship between the two countries and lay the foundations for the organization of U.S. military presence in Iraq over the long term, be the legal alternative to Security Council resolution on the mandate given to the forces of the multinational US-led Nations in Iraq. A number of influential Iraqi political forces opposed to the Convention, she will address them in every way, terming were missing from Iraq's sovereignty and independent decision, and give freedom to the American forces on its territory and granted "military bases" permanent. In response to statements made by Secretary General of the (Hezbollah) Lebanese Hassan Nasrallah, (Monday) the past, in which he expressed his support for "the Iraqi resistance to U.S. occupation," Talabani said "no right to interfere Nasrallah Iraqi affairs." Regarding the trend chest, and the current crisis between him and al-Maliki government, said President of the Republic "should be allowed to al-Sadr's trend to participate in the elections" next provincial assemblies and special districts and cities, to be held in the first of October next. But Talabani went on to say "it is not our hands, because there is an international committee that determines the nature of the entities that participate in the elections," in reference to a representative of the United Nations in Iraq, which will oversee the conduct of elections. And the controversy over the issue of dispute between the city of Kirkuk, political forces, the President said "I prefer to solve the Kirkuk issue of dialogue between the components of the city of Kirkuk, an Iraqi reach a better solution than to impose a solution from outside it." The dispute arose between the political forces around the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. A (Article 140) of the Iraqi constitution solution in three stages: the normalization, and then conduct a census of the population, followed by a referendum on the fate of the city, including among its population of Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens, to determine whether the governor will join the Kurdistan region, which wants the Kurds. It was supposed to accomplish those stages during a period of up to the end of last year (2007), but the deadline was extended for another six months, at the request of the United Nations and approved by the Kurds. He promised President Jalal Talabani journalists at the end of their meeting today, to be meeting with them "a month" to discuss all issues on the scene.

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