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De Mistura's proposal on internal borders is unfair – Kurdish official
Voices of Iraq
The preliminary analysis that was submitted by Stefan De Mitsura, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), concerning the disputed internal borders is "unfair," Kurdish official said on Sunday, during a session of the Kurdistan parliament that was held today at Arbil, Kurdistan region's capital.
"De Mistura's suggestion is unfair, and was amended without informing us," Mohammed Ihsan, the Iraqi Kurdistan Region's minister for disputed areas' affairs, said.
"The proposal annexing Qaraj district (14 km north of Makhmour suburb) to Mosul instead of Arbil is unjust," he added.
Makhmour, a disputed area between the two provinces of Arbil and Ninewa, lies 68 km to the southwest of Arbil city, 349 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
On June 7, 2008, Kurdistan Region's Presidency received De Mistura's project regarding the disputed areas.
According to the Kurdistan Region Presidency's website, the Kurdish political leadership will announce its official stance in this respect after studying the project.
For his part, Nuri al-Talabani, member of the Kurdistan regional parliament, said, "De Mistura's proposal is not in line with the Iraqi constitution's article 140, related to Kirkuk issue and the disputed areas."
"The UN can not solve any problem, and if it could, it would take a long time," he added.
Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution was supposed to be implemented within a deadline that ended on December 31, 2007, later extended for six months, to end on June 30, 2008.
On June 5, UNAMI recommended putting two disputed areas under the central government's authority and giving the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region's government the right of administering two other districts.
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