After the departure of the 14 Ashraf residents, the United States again expressed “its appreciation to the Government of Albania…Heated with the Press Statement of the US Department of State, the MKO propaganda arm, the NCRI accused Martin Kobler of deceiving the DOS. The NCR website also blame the Department that….
“Maliki discussed during welcoming Kobler, the different internal issues along with discussing the files following by the UN Representative in Iraq, most notably the efforts to exempt Iraq from the UN Charter’s 7th Chapter.”“The two sides discussed resolving the problem of the Mojahedin khalq (MKO, MEK, Saddam’s Private army) organization’s existence in Iraq,” …
Albanian Interior Minister Flamur Noka pledged to quickly complete arrangements to resettle the 14. He told The Associated Press that they [MEK/MKO/PMOI members] will get the refugee status immediately and then receive residence permits and proper documentation.”They will be treated like every other Albanian citizen,”he said, though”for the moment they will have the status of the refugee,”meaning…
The top United Nations official in Iraq today called the relocation of 14 Iranians to Albania from an exile camp near Baghdad, an “encouraging first step.” “The residents’ arrival in Albania late last night is an encouraging first step in the relocation of the group of 210 residents the Albanian government has agreed to receive,” said the UN Special Representative …
Iraqi officials and politicians condemned the crimes committed by the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as the MEK and PMOI) against the Iranian and Iraqi nations, and underlined the necessity for the rapid expulsion of the terrorist group from Iraq.According to the Iraqi Al-Ahd news website, a number of …
“The MKO is a completely terrorist group and its elements are looking for a suitable opportunity to conduct terrorist acts and incite crisis in the country (Iraq),” Al-Alam quoted member of the Iraqi Parliament’s Security and Defense Commission Ammar Tameh as saying.Tameh underlined that the remaining MKO elements should be expelled …
The Iraqi government has decided to increase pressures on the European Union to make it find a host country for the rapid resettlement of the members of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) aka MEK/PMOI, an Iraqi lawmaker said.
The U.S. wants the MeK leadership to “accept the government of Albania’s humanitarian offer immediately, and urges the residents of Camp [Liberty] to resume participation in resettlement interviews to ensure that individuals avail themselves of safe and secure relocation opportunities outside Iraq,” said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
“I am very grateful that the Albanian Government has offered solutions for 210 people from Camp Hurriya,”said Mr Guterres.”The residents of Camp Hurriya urgently need solutions to relocate out of Iraq. We hope they welcome this offer and cooperate to ensure the departure of this important number of people.”
The statement added that Mr. Ban “unequivocally supports” the efforts of his Special Representative for Iraq, Martin Kobler, “to courageously and creatively, in exceptionally difficult circumstances, help resolve this situation.” .. He adds that the significant funds evidently spent on high-profile lobbying could be more usefully utilized to improve aspects of the humanitarian conditions often cited in media and lobbying campaigns …