The president of the Iraqi interim Governing Council said Saturday that Baghdad could consider territorial claims over neighbouring Jordan and Kuwait in the future.
"We need our Arab brothers around us. Now, we cannot discuss this matter with them at all, but in the future, we'll see," said Mohsen Abdel Hamid, in response to a question from a Baghdad consultative council member.
Consultative council member Shaza Hadi al-Obeidi had asked Hamid about the status of territory, once part of Iraq, such as Jordan and Kuwait at an extraordinary meeting of the 37-member consultative council.
The session was also attended by three representatives of the US-led coalition and journalists.
Members of the council, which reflects Baghdad's majority Shia Muslim population, were elected by district committees across the capital on July 1.