Kobler should intervene to resolve problems – Basra governor

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The Governor of Southern Iraq‘s Basra Port, Khalaf Abdul-Samad, has said on Tuesday he demanded that UN Envoy Martin Kobler, during his visit to Basra, intervene in order to resolve the problems with Iraq‘s neighboring states, especially Kuwait, regarding the Mubarak Port issue. “We demanded UN Envoy Martin Kobler to intervene to settle the suspended problems with Iraq‘s neighboring states, such as Iran, Turkey and Kuwait,” he noted. “This visit has an impact on Basra and the neighboring states,” he said, adding that the UN Envoy had promised to discuss the Mubarak Port‘s issue with Kuwaiti officials, later this month. He said that both sides have also discussed the issue of the territorial waters and the reviving of sothern Iraq‘s marches and the education issues, along with the improvement of the common interests with the neighboring states, especially in the economic sector. For his part, Kobler highlighted that he took over the mission three weeks ago, and made the dicision to visit Basra first.”We support the government and the Basra administration, but we strive chiefly to exlude Iraq from the UN’s Charter 7, imposing economic sanctions on Iraq,” he noted. SKH (TS)/SR