28 January 2020 - 18:36

Erbil reaches an agreement with Baghdad on Saddam Hussein's decisions

<p style="text-align:left">The Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Khaled Shawani, announced on Tuesday that the delegation of the region has reached an agreement with the Federal Ministry of Justice to implement the suspended decision issued by the Council of Ministers to cancel the decisions of the North Affairs Committee issued by the dissolved Revolutionary Command Council.

Shawani said in a joint press conference held with the Iraqi Minister of Justice, Farooq Amin, after a meeting with the delegation of the regional government which is currently visiting Baghdad.

The Kurdish official stressed that "the meeting was related to the canceled decisions of the Northern Affairs Committee in accordance with Resolution 29 of 2012 issued by the Council of Ministers."

He added that "the former ministers of justice made obstacles on the implementation of Resolution 29", adding that "the current minister is fully aware of this file and he who witnessed the suffering with his own eyes and was even part of it."

Shawani added: "The minister issued a set of decisions and instructions to find a legal solution to this problem and how to resolve it."

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