Kuwaiti-Iraqi Agreement to Address "Pending Files".. Within 30 Days

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Kuwait and Iraq agreed on Friday to form a joint working team to review the outstanding issues between the two countries and to establish a roadmap for addressing them.

This agreement came in a joint statement issued following a meeting between the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and the Iraqi Prime Minister, Ali Al-Zaydi, on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Under the agreement, the two sides will form a joint Iraqi-Kuwaiti working team tasked with reviewing the outstanding issues and establishing a roadmap for addressing them, with recommendations to be submitted to the leaderships of both countries within a period not exceeding 30 days.

The two sides also agreed that the team would hold its meetings alternately between Baghdad and Kuwait, and continuously until its work is completed, as stated in the joint statement, emphasizing that the agreement comes "out of the keenness of the two brotherly countries to enhance bilateral relations and address the outstanding issues in a spirit of brotherhood, good neighborliness, and common interests."

In this context, Kuwait and Iraq confirmed their full support for the team's work and their keenness to accomplish its mission, which contributes to "closing outstanding files and opening a new phase of cooperation and partnership between the two brotherly countries," in a way that serves the interests of the Iraqi and Kuwaiti peoples.

The statement did not specify the nature of the files that the joint team will review or the date of its first meeting. It is noteworthy that the most prominent issues that have remained under discussion between Baghdad and Kuwait in recent years include maritime borders and the Khawr Abd Allah file, in addition to the missing Kuwaitis, properties, and the Kuwaiti archives.