Akhir 24, 1432, March 29, 2011, SPA -- Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and the visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari agreed Monday that the first meeting of the joint ministerial committee made headway in resolving outstanding issues. Addressing a joint press conference here Monday evening at the end of the two-day meeting, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad said Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was keen on receiving the Iraqi side of the committee out of sincere desire to build firm relationship with Iraq based on mutual confidence and neighborliness. He said: "The agenda of the meeting included 12 items covering almost all bilateral issues." "These issues include clear-cut international obligations that do not need explanation and to which Iraq is definitely committed; they include the maintenance of the border marks and compensations for Kuwait," he was quoted as saying by Kuwait News Agency 'KUNA'. --MORE
