BAGHDAD, Feb 21: The president of Iraq's interim Governing Council (IGC) said on Saturday that Baghdad could consider territorial claims over 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.

The member, Shaza Hadi al Obeidi, had asked Mr 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.

During British rule after the First World War, two branches of the Hashemite royal family had governed Iraq and Jordan. -AFP