Iraq is determinant to abrogate the two no fly zone

Iraq's foreign minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf on Sunday in Doha announced that his country is determinant to abrogate the two " no fly zones" imposed by Washington and London in the North and South of Iraq.

In a statement to the Qatari satelite TV station al-Jazira al-Sahaf said that starting internal flights is part of the operation to foil " the US and British crimes of imposing the two no fly zones."

Al-Sahaf who arrived on Sunday evening in Qatar in the framework of an Arab tour that led him to Jordan, Libya, Egypt and Yemen, added " we have few planes, its number will increase and will continue."

On Sunday and for the first time in Iraq the air internal transport movement was resumed. It was suspended since 1991.

The Iraqi news agency said that two planes belong to the Iraqi airlines took off from Baghdad's international airport. One headed to al-Basra in the South and the second to al-Mousel in the North.

Al- Basra is situated in the no fly zone area which is imposed by the US and Britain in Southern Iraq, while al-Mousel is located in the region prescribed in the North.