Hoshyar Zebari
Hoshyar Zebari
Hoshyar Zebariis the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Iraq. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003 until 2014. A Kurd originally from Aqrah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, Zebari holds a master's degree in sociology from the University of Essex, England and studied political science in Jordan. He was the foreign spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the 1990s and represented the party to both the United Kingdom and the United States...
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We feel strongly that there is a lack of political will in Syria towards its commitments to Iraq. Regrettably, the bulk of foreign fighters and terrorists are infiltrating from Syria, and the Syrian government has not demonstrated any serious cooperation to help us stop their transit.
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This in my view and the view of the Iraqi government has set a bad precedent and sent all the wrong messages, ... Terrorists should not be rewarded. Otherwise, this could repeat itself.
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left to the Kuwaiti government itself and its estimation about the situation in Iraq.
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We reached the final agreement with the Kuwaiti government to resume our diplomatic activities and we will reopen our embassy within the few coming weeks.
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people are saying that Saddam is going to try the occupation, Saddam is going to try the government, but really we are not afraid of that. I don't think that even the US or Britain are afraid of this.
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Really there hasn't been any differences of opinion between the Iraqi government and U.S. Embassy at all,
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Regrettably, the bulk of foreign fighters and terrorists are infiltrating from Syria, and the Syrian government has not demonstrated any serious cooperation to help us stop their transit,
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Everybody is waiting. They haven't made up their minds whether this Iraqi project will succeed or not, ... Everybody is apprehensive and some of them, to be honest, want it to fail so they can keep away from this pressure to reform.
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This is a very important resolution for us and, definitely, we need to have our own input into this.
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Talks are continuing. They are not bogged down. They are not gridlocked, ... We believe we will reach an agreement very soon.
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talking about relations with the outside world and of handling them.
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It will really be the trial of the history of his regime over 35 years,
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engaging in talks with everyone who believes in the political process.
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We want a good, solid constitution. We don't want to force a deal on any group that they're uncomfortable with.