Erbil - Iraq's Parliament speaker Osama Nujaifi is expected to visit Kuwait for talks over pending issues.
Kuwait's al-Dar Newspaper reported that Nujaifi will visit several countries, including Iran, but his main focus will be Kuwait. The newspaper did not report when this trip is going to be.
There are several issues lingering between Kuwait and Iraq that frequently spark tensions between the two neighbors: shared oil fields, land and water border demarcations, and the controversial Kuwaiti Mubarak Port which Iraqis believe will take business away from their ports and effect fishermen working in the Gulf.
Iraq is also criticizing Kuwait for its support of the UN's Chapter 7 sanctions that were imposed on Iraq after the Second Gulf War in 1991. Kuwait demands reparations for the Iraqi invasion, disclosure of the fate of Kuwaiti MIAs and the return of the remains of Kuwaitis POWs.
Without Kuwait's approval, it is not likely that the United Nations Security Council lift the Chapter 7 sanctions.
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