KUWAIT - Insurgents from Iraq may cross into Kuwait to carry out attacks in a bid to harm ties between the two neighbours, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said in remarks published on Saturday. "I fear and expect that there will be infiltration attempts in the other direction," Zebari told the Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas.
"This means that insurgents from Iraq would sneak into Kuwait to carry out terrorist acts with the objective to harm the good relations between the two countries," Zebari added in a telephone interview with the leading newspaper.
But he said Iraq's borders with Kuwait are more secure than those with other neighbours. Iraq has borders also with Turkey, Iran, Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia. "Our borders with many countries are still breached and this is a reason for the escalation in violence in various regions of Iraq," Zebari added.
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His remarks came as Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari starts a two-day visit to Kuwait. Relations between the two neighbours improved since the ouster of Saddam Hussein, whose forces invaded Kuwait in 1990.
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