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him or in any way to curtail his activities. But it is probable that this was due
not to any ill-will on the part of the Turkish Government, but to the fact that
the local'Turkish authorities on the frontier had an agreement with Khalil
Khoshawi whereby they received a share of any loot obtained in Iraq.
Visit of Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs to Angora.
96. During the last days of the year the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs
paid a visit to Angora on his way to Geneva. The two objects of Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. s
visit to Europe were (1) to represent Iraq before the Council of the League in
connexion with the Iraqi-Persian frontier dispute, and (2) to sign at Rome a
treaty of friendship between Iraq and Italy. His discussions with Turkish
Ministers were mainly concerned with these two questions.
97. As regards the frontier dispute with Persia, the Turks were carefully
non-committal, hut Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. appears to have been impressed by the
anti-Italian feeling which prevails at Angora (see paragraph 54 above).
United States of America.
Extradition Treaty.
98. An extradition treaty between Iraq and the United States of America
was signed at the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs on the 7th June by the
Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs and the American Minister at Bagdad.
Treaties Signed or Ratified between Iraq and Foreign States during 1934.
99. Treaty of Friendship between Iraq and Afghanistan, signed the
20th December, 1932. Ratified at Tehran the 11th September, 1934.( 3 )
Turco-Iraqi Commercial Treaty, signed at Angora the 10th January, 1932.
Ratified at Bagdad the 8 th May, 1934.
Extradition Treaty between Iraq and the United States of America, signed
the 11 th June, 1934. Not yet ratified.
International Agreements and Conventions.
100. Laws authorising the Iraqi Government to accede to the following
international conventions were passed on the dates noted hereunder :
Date of
Enabling Law.
( 1 ) The International Convention for Limiting the
Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution
of Narcotic Drugs (Geneva, July 1931)
(2) The International Agreement for the Creation of
an International Office of Public Health
(Rome, December 1907)
(3) Protocols dated the 15th June, 1929, and the
Uth December, 1929, relating to the amend
ment of articles 3, 5, 7, 15, 34, 37 and 42
and to articles 34 and 40 respectively of the
Convention governing Air Navigation of
the 13th October, 1919
(4) The International Convention relating to the
Amelioration of the Conditions of the
Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field
(Geneva, July 1929)
(5) The International Convention for the Treatment
of Prisoners of War (Geneva, July 1929)
January 29, 1934
January 29, 1934
April 30, 1934
August 6 , 1934
August 30, 1934
The Iraqi Government have also acceded to the International Convention and
Statute (signed at Geneva in July 1927) establishing an International Relief
Union. Their adhesion was registered at Geneva on the 12th June, 1934.
(3) In last year’s annual report it was erroneously stated that this treaty was ratified on 13th May,
1933. This was merely the date of the law enabling the King of Iraq to ratify.