IRAQI DINAR POLITICS & ECONOMY

Talks with Washington to extend the protection of Iraqi funds abroad

Talks with Washington to extend the protection of Iraqi funds abroad

May 20, 2013

Government began talks several weeks ago with their U.S. counterparts to discuss the extension of protection to Iraqi funds abroad and which will expire in early June.
member of the Finance Committee in Parliament MP for the coalition of state law, Abdul Hussein al-Yasiri said that “the non-renewal of U.S. protection means that the funds in the Development Fund Iraq will be Read more…

Iraq is negotiating with 159 countries to join the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Iraq is negotiating with 159 countries to join the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Monday, May 20 / May 2013 18:48

{Baghdad: Euphrates News} Ministry of Commerce announced that the Minister of Trade Khairallah Hassan Babiker will head the delegation negotiating for Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization membership includes representatives from relevant Iraqi ministries and private sector bodies to negotiate with the {159} member state of the World Trade Organization, where it will be Negotiating the files accomplished by Iraq as part of his career to join this organization.

According to the statement of the Information Office of the Ministry received by the agency {Euphrates News} copy of it today that “Iraq had fought two rounds of negotiations with Read more…

Council of Ministers approves the adoption of the National Development Plan (2013-2017)

Council of Ministers approves the adoption of the National Development Plan (2013-2017)

Monday, May 20, 2013 17:04

Baghdad / Baghdadi news / .. Council of Ministers approved, on Monday, and twenty minutes normal national development plan for the years (2013-2017) provided by the Ministry of Planning.
According to a statement taken Information Office of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and received / Baghdadi News / copy of it, that “the Council of Ministers approved the National Development Plan for the years (2013-2017) provided by the Ministry of Planning A,” adding that “the meeting saw Read more…

Secretary General of the Council of Ministers: Kuwait PM postpones visit to Iraq for technical reasons; Reasons pointed to breakdown of talks

Secretary General of the Council of Ministers: Kuwait PM postpones visit to Iraq for technical reasons; Reasons pointed to breakdown of talks

5/20/13

BAGHDAD – (AP) – An Iraqi official said that the postponement of the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak to Iraq comes to technical reasons. Read more…

Foreign Parliament: Organize navigation with Kuwait comes out of Iraq from Chapter VII

Foreign Parliament: Organize navigation with Kuwait comes out of Iraq from Chapter VII

5/20/13

Ezzat Foreign Relations Committee the reasons for postponement read Convention on the Regulation navigation between Iraq and Kuwait not to see some of Representatives, stressing the importance of this agreement in order to remove Iraq from Chapter VII. Read more…

Iraq delivers a range of property to Kuwait, Signs agreement in presence of UN rep

Iraq delivers a range of property  to Kuwait, Signs agreement in presence of UN rep

5/20/13

Announced the Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Sunday, that Iraq side handed over a group of Kuwaiti property and the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information.

The ministry statement said that the Commission on the National Archives Iraqi – Kuwaiti Joint competent follow-up file property of the State of Kuwait Read more…

Iraq’s departure from Chapter VII and solving the problem of the Mujahideen of Creation

Iraq’s departure from Chapter VII and solving the problem of the Mujahideen of Creation

5/20/13

Talks took place between the United Nations and Iraq, on Sunday, about the recent efforts directed from Chapter VII solving the problem of the presence of the “MKO” Iran on Iraqi territory. Read more…

Minister of Commerce enter new negotiations on Iraq’s accession to the WTO

Minister of Commerce enter new negotiations on Iraq’s accession to the WTO

5/20/13

BAGHDAD / JD / .. Ministry of Commerce announced for the entry and its minister in the new negotiations on Iraq’s accession to the World Trade Organization. Read more…

Awad Al-Awadi: forming a Committee to study amendments to the investment law to suit the investment in Iraq

Awad Al-Awadi: forming a Committee to study amendments to the investment law to suit the investment in Iraq

5/20/13

Babylon (newsletter). Member of block//Babel MP Awwad Al-Awadi, his suffering from many constraints work investment, announcing the formation of a Committee in the lower House to consider amendments to the investment law to actually venture in the country. Read more…

President Talabani’s okay and everyone will see in the next few days to live televised footage

Kurdistan: President Talabani’s okay and everyone will see in the next few days to live televised footage and new to him

Sunday, May 19 / May 2013 18:20

{Baghdad: Euphrates News} Kurdistan Alliance confirmed that President Talabani’s okay and everyone will see in the next few days to live televised footage and new to him.

He said the Kurdistan Alliance MP Hassan Jihad Amin told {Euphrates News} that “the photographs that appeared to President Talabani, a new and genuine and is in good health and is recovering and will soon return Read more…

Washington returns to work in Iraq, security experts and advisers

Washington returns to work in Iraq, security experts and advisers

Published 19/05/2013 09:43 AM

Babinaoz – Agencies: trading circles governmental and parliamentary leaks about the arrival of Vanguards of advisers and security experts Americans to coincide with the rising tide of lawlessness gripping the country recently. Informed sources said that a team of experts and advisers security arrived a few days ago to the capital, Baghdad, and is expected to arrive within days the Read more…

MPs reckon vote on the draft 2011 Oil and Gas Law

MPs reckon vote on the draft 2011 Oil and Gas Law

05/19/2013 (23:01 pm)

 Baghdad / tributary cactus

The members of the House of Representatives that the draft law of oil and gas in 2011 is the closest to a vote of the draft in 2009, pointing out that the latter contributed to a lot of differences.
. said a member of the Integrity Commission, the independent MP Osman Algehiche that “the draft law of oil and gas in 2011 is the closest to view and vote its counterpart 2009 on the grounds that the Read more…

Kurdistan Alliance supports the formation of regions subject to the implementation of Article (140)

Kurdistan Alliance supports the formation of regions subject to the implementation of Article (140) and the demarcation of provincial boundaries

19/05/2013

Palm – showed the Kurdistan Alliance, on Sunday, support “the formation of the regions in the country,” provided that the implementation of Article (140) and the demarcation of provincial boundaries, and stressed that the areas covered by Article (140) is still “suffering from the effects of Saddam and the Baath,” while the student parliament “to lift the injustice them. “The MP for the Kurdistan Alliance Ashwaq dry in a media interview that the demand for the formation of regions in Iraq, from a constitutional standpoint is clear and explicit, stating that Article (119) gave the right to Read more…

Kurdish MP denies reaching agreement between Maliki, Barzani over Federal Budget

Kurdish MP denies reaching agreement between Maliki, Barzani over Federal Budget

Sunday, 19 May 2013 11:21

Baghdad (AIN) -MP, Viyan Dikhil, of the Kurdistani Alliance denied reaching agreement between the Kurdistani Alliance and the Iraqi National Alliance during the last visit conducted by the KA to Baghdad over the federal financial budget of 2013.

It is worth mentioning that the head of the parliamentary Financial Committee, Haider al-Ebadi, assured reaching agreement between the President of Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, and the Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, over the Budget law, without Read more…

Planning Minister reveals send the five-year plan to the government for approval

Planning Minister reveals send the five-year plan to the government for approval

11:36 05/19/2013

Baghdad – and babysit – revealed by the Ministry of Planning for sending the new five-year plan to the Cabinet for approval, saying that the lack of security and political stability has led to non-achievement of the last plan objectives. ”
The Minister of Planning Ali Shukri said in a statement received news agency public opinion (and babysit) a copy of it on Sunday, “said the plan new five-year (2013-2017) was sent to the Cabinet for approval, stressing that the five-year Read more…

Maliki discuss with Kubler efforts to remove Iraq from Chapter VII

Maliki discuss with Kubler efforts to remove Iraq from Chapter VII of solving the problem of creating group elements

17:21 05/19/2013

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki with the Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Martin Kobler’s efforts to remove Iraq from Chapter VII, the UN Security Council.

A statement by the prime minister’s office received news agency public opinion a copy of it on Sunday that “al-Maliki discussed during a meeting at his office today in Baghdad Martin Kobler, the various domestic issues, as well as Read more…

Finance parliamentary: the need for legislation of a law to protect deposits at banks

Finance parliamentary: the need for legislation of a law to protect deposits at banks

19-05-2013 12:21 PM

Baghdad (news) .. Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee MP / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Ahmed Faizullah, the importance of legislation to a special law to protect deposits in Iraqi banks for the purpose of encouraging people to save their money in banks. said Faizullah (of the Agency news): The majority of countries in the world attach great importance to how to bring the deposits of local banks in terms of issuing laws and regulations, protect and identify the proportion profits. added: that the Iraqi banks need to Read more…

Allawi calls Mutlaq to resign immediately from his post after the “Committee of Five” failed government

Allawi-Mutlaq calls to resign immediately from his post after the “Committee of Five failed government headed by achieving any national achievement”

Published 18/05/2013 09:53 AM

BAGHDAD – “arenas of Liberation”
Aware of the site “arenas of liberation” that the message from the leader of “Iraq,” Iyad Allawi delivered by hand to the leader and Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq demanded the resignation from office immediately after the government failed the Committee of Five, headed by achieving any national achievement.

Allawi, in his letter yesterday addressed Mutlaq “I promised the leaders of the” Iraqi “necessity given deadline-running 3 weeks to achieve the goals of the Read more…

Mchkta: delay in the enactment of the oil and gas will blow up again differences between Baghdad and Erbil

Mchkta: delay in the enactment of the oil and gas will blow up again differences between Baghdad and Erbil

Saturday, May 18, 2013 17:18

Baghdad / Algdadah News .. warned the Kurdistan Alliance MP Qasim Mchkta, Saturday, disagreements broke out again between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government, because of the delay in the enactment of the oil and gas industry.
He said Mchkta told / Baghdadi News / “The delay ratification of the oil and laurel does not serve the parties nor the Iraqi people,” adding that “the period set by the Kurdistan Regional Government in favor of the Iraqi people as a kind of pressure building in order to speed up the enactment of the oil and gas. ”
“The lack of enactment of this Act would leave the door open to Read more…

Urgent: White House extends the national state of emergency on Iraq an additional year!

Urgent: White House extends the national state of emergency on Iraq an additional year

Published 18/05/2013 11:18 AM

Babinaoz – Agencies: U.S. President Barack Obama extended the national state of emergency, which means the stability of Iraq for an additional year after 22 / May 2013.
And the deployment of the White House issued a statement in which he explained Obama’s decision to continue working the contents of Executive Order 13303, issued on March 22 / March 2003, and was amended under executive orders 13315 and 13350 and 13364 and 13438, on the declaration if an emergency to protect Iraq and dealing with exceptional threat to national security and U.S. foreign policy as Read more…