SMCCDI Note: Bristish and American governments must avoid mixing any hostility toward the Islamic regime, with the legitimate interest of the Iranian People. They should avoid letting the Iraqi government believe that it can seize the moment, in order to disreagard the treaty which established, in 1975, the Iran-Iraq border and the median sovireignity line over Arvand-Rood (Shat El Arab in Arabic).

Saddam Hussein tried to disreagard this accord, in 1979 and by attacking Iran, but faced the expression of Iranian Nationalism; Without doubt, millions of Iranians are ready, one more time, to defend their borders; and this fact will only contribute to buy more time for the Islamic regime while it will plunge the region into another chaos.

Instead, British and Americans must request from Iraq to be ready to pay the billions of dollars, that it owes to Iranians People, for the damages this country caused during the 1979-1987 agression. Such legitimate indemnity should be paid to the future Iranian regime upon the liberation, by Iranians, of ther country from the Islamic regime.

Anything else, and ill policies such as helping separatists, like Pejak, or pushing the Iraqi regime to play such game, will only contribute to put an end toward Iranians friendship.

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that it was premature to sign a new border demarcation agreement between Iraq and Iran in place of the Algeria agreement that was signed in 1975.

Iraqi Foreign Undersecretary Mohammad Al-Haj Hmoud told KUNA that the Iraqi government considers the Algeria agreement invalid, adding that a delegation would head to Iran soon to discuss the issue of divergence of Shatt Al-Arab river and nothing else.
He stressed that all pending issues between the two countries should be resolved before signing any new agreement reactivating the Algeria one.

He said the issue of Shatt Al-Arab river divergence was a very significant topic and concerns interests of both countries.

He denied that the mission of the Iraqi delegation was to reactivate the Algeria agreement of 1975 as Iranian assistant Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Mohammad reda baqeri had mentioned.

He said that Iraq and Iran had formed a joint committee to discuss the issue of restoring Shatt Al-Arab river back to its normal track, removal of sunken ships and removal of mines.