Ibrahim Jaafari
Ibrahim Jaafari
Ibrahim al-Eshaiker al-Jaafariis an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 election. He has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2014...
asked deal given judicial
Given that judicial authorities are independent we will not be interfering, but we have asked them to deal speedily, but without rashness, with the case,
past
from 225 to 9 in the past two months.
against later others rendered verdict whatever
Whatever the verdict later rendered against him or others of his co-accused, it's his humanitarian right
deal protests
We must deal with protests in a new way,
border northern province security
We have tightened security on the border between (the northern province of) Nineveh and Syria.
among insisted iraqi law political position prevail respect whatever
He insisted on the respect of law and that the law must prevail in Iraqi political life, with no differentiation among people, whatever their position in the state.
agreed articles federal government including regions status
We have agreed on 151 of the 153 articles in the constitution, including the federal status of the government and the status of regions and provinces,
arab baghdad cast coming doubt foreign officials seen
We have not seen any Arab envoys in Baghdad while foreign officials are coming here one after another, ... have no right to cast doubt on Iraq's (political) experience.
badly centre detainees fed information interior iraqi presence received relating run whom
I have received information relating to the presence of 173 Iraqi detainees at a centre run by the interior ministry, some of whom said they were badly fed or had been tortured,
cooperate hope
I hope they will cooperate with us now,
affect expected forces hope iraq reach relationship together truth
At this time, where there are forces in Basra and all over Iraq, such things are expected to happen. As for us, it will not affect the relationship between Iraq and Britain, and we hope that together we will reach ... the truth of the matter.
cause iraqis rain shown vote
In some countries, even rain can cause abstentions. But the Iraqis have shown they can vote under gunfire and under attack,
fact federalism ground others
In my view, federalism is already a fact on the ground (for Kurds) but others in other provinces should have the same right,
relations sharp turn
a new and sharp turn in the relations between the two countries.