Countdown for MKO Departure from Iraq
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Iraqi Authorities' Positions on Mujahedin Khalq
Al-Bayati: presence of MEK in Iraq illegal
Human Rights Minister Mohammed Mahdi al-Bayati met with the Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Mission in Iraq Georgi Posten...In respect of the MEK aka MKO/PMOI, al-Bayati stressed that the presence of the terrorist MEK in Iraq is illegal and pledged support…
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Iraq
Iraq addresses United Nations to speed up MKO expulsion
The Iraqi Council of Ministers announced Tuesday that it has assigned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to address the United Nations, "to fulfill its obligations", in removing the members of the "MKO" aka MEK/PMOI, considering their existence as contrary to the Constitution for being a…
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Iraq
Nikolay Mladenov: Election Was ‘Entirely Iraqi-Owned Process’.
Mladenov: The UN has appointed a special representative to seek relocation opportunities for this group. We are working closely with our American friends and partners who also are looking to such opportunities. It is not an easy process but it is a very important process…
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Iraq
Iraq urges UN to speed up relocation of MKO terrorists
During a meeting with Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General for relocation of camp Hurriya (Liberty) occupants in Baghdad on Wednesday, Zebari stated that the UN needs to expedite the resettlement of the MKO terrorists outside Iraq, noting that the Iraqi government has fulfilled all…
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Iraq
Zebari: Iraq has fulfilled its obligations to the UN over MKO removal
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari today received Jane Holl Lute, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to resettle the residents of Camp Liberty outside Iraq, who was accompanied by Georgi Euston, Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations ( UNAMI ),…
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Iraqi Authorities' Positions on Mujahedin Khalq
Al-Motallebi denounced as dishonourable Western politicians who get paid by MKO
An Iraqi political analyst and advisor to the country’s prime minister denounced some countries’ support for the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, a.k.a. MKO) as “dishonorable”. He also made a reference to the politicians supporting the MKO and said, “Some politicians who have received money from the…
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Iraqi Authorities' Positions on Mujahedin Khalq
Parliament asks government to expedite the MKO expulsion
Iraq’s parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee asked the government to expedite the expulsion of the People’s Mojahedin Organization/MKO/MEK/PMOI of Iran and to finally close the file on them, and indicated that the United Nations has been responsible for the delay until now. Committee member Imad Yohana…
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Expulsion from Iraq
Iraq, UN, EU agree to move 3164 MEK to Romania
Foud al-Duraki said in a statement to PUKmedia that the third country had been agreed on by Iraq, UN and EU which shall be Romania. “the Iraqi Government do not want MEK/MKO/PMOI members to stay in Iraq, as they participated in oppression of 1991 revolution…
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European Union
EU to offer €22 million aid for MKO members’ resettlement
… According to the Arabic-language website Voice of Russia, in her meeting with the Iraqi minister of Human Rights, head of the European Union Delegation in Iraq Ambassador Jana Hybáškova, said the EU plans to allocate 22 million euros for the relocation of MKO/MEK/PMOI members…
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Iraq
Maliki: Gov’t Struggling to Accelerate MKO’s Expulsion from Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minsiter Nuri al-Maliki underlined his government’s resolve to speed up efforts to expel the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as MEK, NCRI or PMOI) members from Iraq.Speaking in a joint press conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
