Kuwait’s relations with Iraq never been better – amb.

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Current bilateral relations between Iraq and Kuwait have never been better, according to Kuwaiti ambassador to Iraq Ali al-Mo’min on Friday, wishing stronger ties between the two neighbors. “The relations are distinguished that we do not have to wait for the future to improve them but we look forward to the better at all levels,” Mo’min said in an interview to IraqiNews.com news agency in Basra, where he attended a conference on oil and gas, inaugurated on Thursday (Nov. 25). He said at the economic level, a Kuwaiti company managed to obtain a natural gas license, adding this is the first company to have a quota contract in Iraq. “This is a good sign that would lure other companies to have presence in Iraq,” he said. Mo’min expected that more Kuwaiti companies would enter the Iraqi market thanks to a good new law on investment, which he termed as “one of the best investment laws in the region”. Asked whether the security situation would cause late access by Kuwaiti companies to the Iraqi market, the Kuwaiti diplomat replied that these security obsessions should not pose an obstacle although it must be taken into consideration. On problems between the two countries regarding joint oilfields, Mo’min said that there are no real problems. “There are only some issues that require discussions and decisions,” he elaborated. He said that the meetings he had with Iraqi oil ministry officials “asserted there is a positive atmosphere. AmR (S) 1