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Baghdad, 30 December / December (EFE)
There's still a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough suffocating political crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, despite the postponement of the signing of the agreement between them scheduled today to next Wednesday.
Chuan said Mohammed Taha, a member of the Kurdistan Alliance in a press statement on Sunday that the signing Alatagaf postponed to Wednesday, adding that the two sides agreed to hold their next meeting on the second of January / next second, with the aim of reaching a solution to the issue of disengagement of forces in mixed areas.
He continued that "the reasons for the postponement technical and procedural, not political, because a purely technical nature of the delegation with a view to establish an appropriate mechanism to address the security file in those areas."
On the nature of the agreement that was accepted by Prime central government Nuri al-Maliki and Massoud Bazna President of Kurdistan said Mahmoud Othman, the Kurdish leader said in a statement today, "The preliminary approval between Maliki and Barzani reached on signing of the agreement between Baghdad and Erbil and find a formula for the management of the disputed areas and end the crisis between the two parties ".
He continued, "The agreement that was reached a 14-item describes manage affairs in relation to security and checkpoints, and according to the agreement will gradually withdraw troops from disputed areas and agreed on coordination between the Peshmerga and the Federal Army and the involvement of the people of those areas to protect."
The reason for the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, to Maliki's decision on the third of July last formation Operations Command Tigris, and the status of oil-rich Kirkuk under the responsibility of this leadership, which was rejected by the Kurds strongly and considered targeted them as well as to consider this decision is unconstitutional.
This decision led to send reinforcements and military build-up by both sides to Kirkuk and nearby areas, raising fears of clashes between the two sides.
And escalated the differences are greater between Erbil and Baghdad, after the incident, the town of Tuz in the province of Salahuddin on November 16 / November second, when forces clashed operations Tigris with the strength of the Kurdish security forces charged with protecting one based Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by President Jalal Talabani.
The clashes resulted in the death of one civilian and wounding eight soldiers from both sides, which led to a political escalation between Kurdish leaders and al-Maliki and move military sectors backed by artillery and tanks to the disputed areas by the two parties.
And prompted this crisis Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, to do shuttled between Baghdad and Erbil yielded agreement of the parties, the region and the central government to send a delegation Kurd to Baghdad to negotiate to end the crisis, as announced Kurds after these negotiations, they had reached with the government delegation on the agreement consists of 14 points, to end the crisis, but Maliki declined 11 points, to then return delegation to Erbil without result.
The crisis intensified again when Maliki accused the Kurds of obstructing arming the Iraqi army through a bang on the arms deal with Russia, and violating the Constitution through the deployment of forces in the disputed areas.
The crisis returned to climax with the exchange of accusations between the two sides, but President Jalal Talabani has made great efforts bore fruit, such as two hours of his deteriorating health, agreed that the al-Maliki invited a delegation from the province to Baghdad to resume talks, and the adoption of the Constitution to resolve differences.
Despite deteriorating health of President Talabani, and moved to Germany but he agreed sponsored continued delegation from the Kurdistan region includes the Ministers of the Peshmerga and Interior in the Kurdistan region, and senior security chiefs Kurdish, and met Wednesday with Iraqi Defense Minister agency Saadoun al-Dulaimi and senior Iraqi military leaders, where Dulaimi said after negotiations to reach a semi-final agreement to be signed this agreement today in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region.
Dulaimi said in press Tsahrihat after meeting with the Kurdish delegation "during the meeting to reach an agreement a comprehensive solution to the crisis, after having provided the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to see positive action.
Iraq has been a surge of heart political background arrest of several members of the Protection and Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi, who was considered the Iraqi List, targeted for the components of the Iraqi people, and the impact swept cities of Anbar province and a number of Sunni provinces demonstrations and sit-ins demanding their release as well as the release of detainees and detention of innocent from prison.
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Baghdad, 30 December / December (EFE)
There's still a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough suffocating political crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, despite the postponement of the signing of the agreement between them scheduled today to next Wednesday.
Chuan said Mohammed Taha, a member of the Kurdistan Alliance in a press statement on Sunday that the signing Alatagaf postponed to Wednesday, adding that the two sides agreed to hold their next meeting on the second of January / next second, with the aim of reaching a solution to the issue of disengagement of forces in mixed areas.
He continued that "the reasons for the postponement technical and procedural, not political, because a purely technical nature of the delegation with a view to establish an appropriate mechanism to address the security file in those areas."
On the nature of the agreement that was accepted by Prime central government Nuri al-Maliki and Massoud Bazna President of Kurdistan said Mahmoud Othman, the Kurdish leader said in a statement today, "The preliminary approval between Maliki and Barzani reached on signing of the agreement between Baghdad and Erbil and find a formula for the management of the disputed areas and end the crisis between the two parties ".
He continued, "The agreement that was reached a 14-item describes manage affairs in relation to security and checkpoints, and according to the agreement will gradually withdraw troops from disputed areas and agreed on coordination between the Peshmerga and the Federal Army and the involvement of the people of those areas to protect."
The reason for the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, to Maliki's decision on the third of July last formation Operations Command Tigris, and the status of oil-rich Kirkuk under the responsibility of this leadership, which was rejected by the Kurds strongly and considered targeted them as well as to consider this decision is unconstitutional.
This decision led to send reinforcements and military build-up by both sides to Kirkuk and nearby areas, raising fears of clashes between the two sides.
And escalated the differences are greater between Erbil and Baghdad, after the incident, the town of Tuz in the province of Salahuddin on November 16 / November second, when forces clashed operations Tigris with the strength of the Kurdish security forces charged with protecting one based Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by President Jalal Talabani.
The clashes resulted in the death of one civilian and wounding eight soldiers from both sides, which led to a political escalation between Kurdish leaders and al-Maliki and move military sectors backed by artillery and tanks to the disputed areas by the two parties.
And prompted this crisis Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, to do shuttled between Baghdad and Erbil yielded agreement of the parties, the region and the central government to send a delegation Kurd to Baghdad to negotiate to end the crisis, as announced Kurds after these negotiations, they had reached with the government delegation on the agreement consists of 14 points, to end the crisis, but Maliki declined 11 points, to then return delegation to Erbil without result.
The crisis intensified again when Maliki accused the Kurds of obstructing arming the Iraqi army through a bang on the arms deal with Russia, and violating the Constitution through the deployment of forces in the disputed areas.
The crisis returned to climax with the exchange of accusations between the two sides, but President Jalal Talabani has made great efforts bore fruit, such as two hours of his deteriorating health, agreed that the al-Maliki invited a delegation from the province to Baghdad to resume talks, and the adoption of the Constitution to resolve differences.
Despite deteriorating health of President Talabani, and moved to Germany but he agreed sponsored continued delegation from the Kurdistan region includes the Ministers of the Peshmerga and Interior in the Kurdistan region, and senior security chiefs Kurdish, and met Wednesday with Iraqi Defense Minister agency Saadoun al-Dulaimi and senior Iraqi military leaders, where Dulaimi said after negotiations to reach a semi-final agreement to be signed this agreement today in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region.
Dulaimi said in press Tsahrihat after meeting with the Kurdish delegation "during the meeting to reach an agreement a comprehensive solution to the crisis, after having provided the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to see positive action.
Iraq has been a surge of heart political background arrest of several members of the Protection and Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi, who was considered the Iraqi List, targeted for the components of the Iraqi people, and the impact swept cities of Anbar province and a number of Sunni provinces demonstrations and sit-ins demanding their release as well as the release of detainees and detention of innocent from prison.
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