Informed the ambassador that day .. Maliki's visit to Kuwait early next month

Tuesday 02/14/2012

Baghdad (news) .. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that he will visit Kuwait early next month, and specifically before the Arab summit in Baghdad.
A source in the prime minister (of the Agency news) said on Tuesday: that al-Maliki received before noon today, the Kuwaiti ambassador to Baghdad, to the insured and discussed with him a number of issues that concern the two countries.
The source added: that al-Maliki and Ambassador discussed the believer is the most important key points through which they can resolve the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Kuwait, noting that al-Maliki said that Iraq wants to resolve all differences and problems caused by the previous regime of the country.
The source added: that al-Maliki told Kuwaiti Ambassador that he will visit Kuwait early next month, and specifically before the Arab summit in Baghdad, noting that the two sides discussed bilateral relations between the two countries. /
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Deputy Central Bank Governor: the new currency will be immune to technology developed after you delete the zeros

Tuesday 02/14/2012

Baghdad (news) .. Revealed the deputy governor of the Central Bank of the appearance of Mohammed Saleh and safety properties of a high-tech and sophisticated in the new Iraqi currency after you delete the zeros of the three of them.
Saleh said (of the Agency news) on Tuesday: The Central Bank reached an advanced stage of preparation logistics task to the project to delete the zeros of the three currency and after obtaining approval from the federal government to implement it will be working on a larger scale because it is a draft strategic interest to the general public.
He explained: that in the event of obtaining the approval of the implementation of the project will be the use of propaganda and the media companies to educate citizens and give them the exact details of the project to delete three zeros and answer them all the questions pertaining to that project.
He pointed out: that the new currency will be a global specification and high-tech and very difficult to forge because it contains the properties of being a major security printers will print in recent international and specialized to print currency.
He described the benefit of: currency as a commodity strategy and must contain the specifications of the global printing and multiple blades in order to protect national security, national and state economic being a supplier. / Finished / 8. D. Q /

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The Iraqi government warns of the continued delay in approving the budget until the end of the month

18/02/2012 13:26

Baghdad, February 18 (Rn) - warned the Iraqi government continued to disable approval of the budget in 2012 emphasizing the need for parties agreed during the current month.

The value of the budget in 2012 that approved by the government in the 5 of December / Dissembrmen last year, $ 100 billion, and a deficit of up to $ 13.5 billion, and focused on the energy sector and the oil phase of the first, and then the security sector, and then the education sector, education and health.

The Government has adopted the Iraqi oil price of $ 85 basis, and expect, through differences in the price of oil, to cover more than $ 10 billion deficit.

And imposes a financial budget to Iraqi ministries and government bodies to provide financial Khovatha in the first quarter of next year following the budget year. According to the Iraqi Council of Representatives, it had not seen the final accounts since 2005 until now, government blames for not submitting the final accounts prior to the unstable conditions experienced by the country.

And carried the Ministry of Finance earlier in the ministries and government bodies responsible for non-submission of financial statements for the budgets of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 due to the unjustified neglect in the provision of final accounts for the financial expenses.

According to the parliamentary finance committee that the Iraqi Council of Representatives will approve the budget in 2012 only after the send accounts for the years 2004-2010.

The head of the advisory board Thamer Ghadban told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) on "the Iraqi parliament has to approve the Aatakhr in the state budget more than a month to Yecebb problems that hinder the development and implementation of service projects is difficult, after all."

He added that "the adoption of the budget must be based on professional and stay away from political history that are harmful to the economy of Iraq."
He said: "We do transfers must make it clear that on the basis of the implementation of key projects and services developed by the government according to its plan to implement during the year."

Iraqi cities and need money desperately to build its infrastructure destroyed by years of war, sanctions and violence.

The protesting citizens on an ongoing basis on the lack of basic services that have not been able to successive Iraqi governments have provided despite the passage of nearly nine years to overthrow the former regime.

And ensure the activation of the budget in 2012 granting financial loans to citizens for the purposes of housing and farmers without financial benefits which may make them a way to find real solutions to the housing crisis and revitalize the agricultural sector.

And the expected adoption of the budget release 59 thousand degrees and across functional ministries and government institutions, which means to reduce unemployment rates in the country, which according to official sources, up to 15%, but a civil and international organizations say that the ratio is greater than that.

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Maliki: a national meeting comes to work on building the state according to the Constitution was not the province of us give any powers of the contrac

18 February, 2012

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the convening of the national meeting is expected to work on the building in accordance with the Constitution, and expressed the hope the presence of all Arab leaders to a summit of Baghdad.
He made ​​it clear in a television interview that the holding of the national meeting comes to solve all the problems of the political process and on the basis of the Constitution, noting that it is part of the building in accordance with the Constitution.
On the other hand al-Maliki said in the same interview, that the oil wealth for all Iraqis, and is contracted on it due to the Federal Ministry of Oil, denied that he had been given the right of any province of the contract in this regard.
And on the demands of other regions of the establishment of al-Maliki said that dealing with this matter on the basis of the Constitution, noting that the government does not accept what is outside the Constitution and the contexts in which it states does not prevent anything in the Constitution.
Turning to the Prime Minister during his recent visit to the province of Basra, and held meeting of the Council of Ministers there, noting that each is given the powers of this province will be circulated to all the provinces, saying work on the sessions of the Council of Ministers in other provinces.
And the forthcoming Arab summit in Baghdad, Maliki expressed his desire for the presence of all Arab leaders, the next summit which will be hosted Baghdad, stressing that during the Summit is to identify research walk, which tends to the region in light of the ongoing transformations.

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Deputy for Iraq: resolving the political crisis, however, al-Maliki and the success of the national meeting is subject to concessions to some of the b

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Said a representative for the Iraqi List, the solution to the current political crisis in the country, however, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The MP added Yassin al-Mutlaq told all of Iraq [where] "I think the biggest part of the solution to the political crisis is, however, al-Maliki, who is able to go to Iraq to the stage of the peace and we have a lot of evidence and indications that the possibility of its ability to Tjaozhzh stage."

He continued that "the success of the National Congress of whether or not will depend on the extent of the size of the concessions to be provided by the political blocs to each other and to the meeting based Nokia on the basis of previous research accumulations and to be reciprocal concessions by the various parties that will do."

Plans to leaders of political blocs held a national meeting after it has been the configuration to him by a sub-committee during the preparatory meetings provide Aoracssayash of the blocks large in order to reach a common vision and resolve crises, the current political no date has been set for the meeting or the national meeting until now where he is scheduled to hold the pain .

The head of the Liberal bloc, Bahaa al in a press statement that "the national Alajtma p is hoped to take place after the end of the Arab summit to be held in the month of March. Ended 2.

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Maliki appointed al-Araji, director of the office in the Ministry of Interior

18/02/2012 12:41

Baghdad, February 18 (Rn) - An official source in the Iraqi government on Saturday, for that Maliki decided to appoint the team Farouk al-Araji, director of the Office of the Ministry of the Interior instead of his former director of the Office of the Adjutant General of the Armed Forces.

The source, who preferred anonymity, told the Kurdish told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) announced today "The prime minister decided to take over Gen. Farouk al-Araji, director of Maliki's office who specializes in the Interior Ministry and a full-time with Adnan al-Asadi to organize the work of the ministry."

He noted that "al-Araji, assigning this task was to make changes at the level of officers in police stations and security cutters."

The security positions of the leading causes of differences between the coalition of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and these changes come under the management of the ministries of interior and defense ministers, and by proxy.

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Maliki's coalition deny nomination the names of the new defense and interior portfolios

18/02/2012 14:33

Baghdad, February 18 (Rn) - denied the State of Law coalition led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday, introducing new candidates to fill the posts of defense and interior, he did not reach an agreement between the political forces yet to name candidates for the two bags Alamnatin.

The MP said the coalition of state law, Hussein al-Asadi told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), "al-Maliki did not put any name from the names that appeared in the media recently to fill the posts of defense and interior, and it is still subject to the dialogue between the major powers.

He added that "most of the names that are promoted by the names not included in official meetings, but Bas Eptga promoted to his name in the media for the purposes of information only excitement and bring attention to him."

Some of the media have promoted the recent news item stating the nomination of several new names to fill my bag the security ministries, including former MP and jumpy Shaker and Shaker Tawfiq al-book.

He said al-Asadi said, "We hope to pave the national meeting and the resulting map of the new political consensus on the nomination of the security ministries, and we believe that the political forces if they were able to resolve the outstanding issues at the national meeting, they will facilitate the task of naming ministers security."

And managed the Ministries of Defense and the Interior acting since the beginning of the end of the formation of the government in 2010, where he directs the Department of Defense Acting Culture Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi, runs with the Ministry of Interior of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the help of the leader of the coalition and the senior agent of the Ministry of Adnan al-Asadi.

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Fadhili faith: the national meeting will be held before the Arab summit

Saturday 02/18/2012

Baghdad (news) .. suggested MP / National Alliance / Fadhili faith in the national meeting before the Arab Summit, stressing at the same time the need to resolve political issues prior to the last.
Fadhli said in a statement (of the Agency news) on Saturday: on the political blocs, including resolving the outstanding issues before the Arab summit and leave the personal interests to be able to consolidate its position towards projects that would be discussed at this summit
, Expressing: the hope in the success of the national meeting to resolve the current political crisis.
She added: If you can not from the political blocs to resolve their differences at the national meeting will not be able to take advantage of what will be put at the Arab summit.
They expected the National Alliance MP: to hold a national meeting held by the Arab summit.
He was a member on the mass of the Liberal MP from the Sadrist movement / National Alliance / Jawad Jubouri had expected to resolve differences between the political blocs before the Arab summit.
Jubouri said in an earlier statement (of the Agency news): The Iraqi street not tolerate differences of political blocs and awareness of the seriousness of the crisis after the departure of U.S. troops that began the political re good relations among themselves, pointing out that the political crisis will be resolved before the Arab summit.
He added that the problems incurred by the political leaders of political blocs, because only the differences and problems between them so they must either be the builders of the country or continue to disrupt the political process, noting that political leaders monopolized the political crisis and they only have to resolve that crisis.
He pointed out: that the current political crisis is not being partisan and personal interests. / End / 21. N. R /

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A source at the Finance Committee: Minister of Finance will come to the House of Representatives today for special reasons

Saturday 02/18/2012

Baghdad (news) .. A source in the parliamentary finance committee that the Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi will not come to the House of Representatives today and will be replaced by the head of Supreme Audit.
The source (of the Agency news) on Saturday: The House of Representatives had planned to host the Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi day, but especially to the Minister reasons prevented his attendance.
It is noteworthy that House Speaker Osama Najafi announced last week by the Council for hosting Wizeralmalah Rafie al-Issawi and a number of officials today to answer questions about the current year budget and final accounts of their own. / Finished / d. Q /

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Hamid al-Mutlaq: not nominate new names to take over the position of the Ministry of Defence

Saturday 02/18/2012

Baghdad (news) .. denied the MP / coalition in Iraq / Hamid al-Mutlaq, the nomination list a new name for the post of Minister of Defense, except the previous list of candidates.
Mutlaq said in a statement (of the Agency news) on Saturday: The coalition in Iraq has not yet nominated new names to take over the position of the Ministry of Defence, noting at the same time, the lack of agreement with the coalition in Iraq on any specific name for this office.
The Vice: The leaders of Iraq are still discussing the nomination of new names subject to the Ministry of Defence not to run, indicating an association with him, including the political agreements reached between the blocks.
This, according to some local media quoted a source, former deputy parliamentary nomination and jumpy Shaker to the Ministry of Defence. / End / 21. N. R /

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Maliki is visiting the UAE after Kuwait

18/02/2012

BAGHDAD - Al Sabah
I learned the "morning" from a political source said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit the United Arab Emirates United after his visit to Kuwait prior to the Arab summit in Baghdad at the end next March.
The source said that economic cooperation and My Baghdad summit talks would top al-Maliki with his UAE counterpart Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, adding that the Prime Minister will meet with UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, too.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has received the official in his office yesterday UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the delegation accompanying him. Maliki confirmed during the meeting, the importance of developing relations between Iraq and the UAE in all areas, were also discussed during the meeting in the last developments in the Arab arena. For his part, al-Nahayan, according to a statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister received the "morning," a copy of it, the need for greater coordination and cooperation, to serve the interests of both countries and peoples. And the Arab Emirates announced that, in (7 December 2011) its willingness to train and equip forces Iraq, while confirming its intention to develop relations between the two countries in all fields. And resumed Iraqi ministerial committee - the Joint United Arab Emirates, in the 17 of January, its work after a break of ten years, and agreed to edit the minutes of the meeting to determine the procedures and mechanisms are needed on both sides to implement agreements and memoranda of understanding between the two countries. Meanwhile, confirmed the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers that the Kuwaiti side seemed more open than before in dealing with Iraq to resolve the outstanding problems between the two countries. The Secretary General of the Council of Ministers on the Keywords in a statement to the representative of the "morning" Tariq al-Araji: "The Kuwaiti side seemed more open than before in dealing with Iraq to resolve the outstanding problems between the two countries," noting that praise the United Nations, the development of the talks the Iraqi-Kuwaiti was the result of observed details the positions of Iraq, which was still positive and does not involve any kind of create any problem, but his position looking for a solution and to achieve solutions to national interests while preserving the rights of both sides. and confirmed the United Nations Mission in Iraq, on 8 December 2011, that Iraq and Kuwait have made ​​little progress on normalization of bilateral relations, while noting that the two eternal willingness to solve outstanding problems.

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176 billion dinars, a volume of foreign exchange in Iraq

18/02/2012

BAGHDAD - Al Sabah
Authority announced the Iraq Stock Exchange, that the volume of trading in foreign shares during the year 2011 in the past Iraq has risen by 184 percent the value of 176.5 billion dinars, while the total during the previous year 62.8 billion Iraqi dinars.
The head of the Securities Abdul Razzaq al-Saadi, through a statement made ​​by the Agency (Rn) that "the volume of foreign equity during the year 2011 last year hit 176.5 billion dinars; any increase of 184 percent from a year earlier after a volume of 62.8 billion Iraqi dinars ".
Saadi added that "the index was trading 136.03 points during the past year 2011, while in 2010 close to 100.98 points."
Saadi explained by saying that "the Commission continues its project to develop methods and systems used in the Iraqi market for securities and the development of methods of disclosure and dissemination of information and promote awareness of investment to foreign businessmen and Iraqis."
Volume of the year in the Iraqi market for securities during the last year, 941.2 billion an increase of 135.1 percent, after it had trading volume stood at 400.3 billion dinars in the year 2010, while the number of shares traded 492.3 billion, after the number of shares stood at 255.6 billion shares; any increase of 92.6 percent from the previous year.
The Securities Commission announced earlier on the progress of Iraq on the region the size of financial trading by 70 percent.
The Exchange began Iraq's activity in 2004, and shifted from manual trading to the use of screens handle electronic in 2009 and open for trading two hours a day five days a week, and is the banking sector is the broader discourse on the stock exchange, which also includes the shares of industrial companies and insurance companies, hotels and agricultural companies.

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Financial stop lending staff for reasons described Baladaria

18 February, 2012

Ministry of Finance stopped lending staff for reasons described Baladaria, "in response to the request of the Rafidain and Rasheed."

A media source in the ministry, said the body of opinion in the Ministry of Finance made ​​the decision to stop the disbursement of advances, which include five million dinars, and the (100) salary on a temporary basis, "in response to the request of the Rafidain and Rasheed because of the growing popularity of these advances by employees who exceeded the plans prepared for this purpose. "

The source said that the decision does not include the suspension of transactions that have been obtaining the approval of the promotion and coverage of advances by the ministries and departments.

He added that he "will resume lending after taking some administrative procedures by the two banks mentioned, to ensure that delay in the process," noting that "the plans prepared by the two banks in this regard can not absorb this huge number of requests for credit that exceeded expectations despite the presence of ceiling adequate financial to cover these numbers. "

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Chairman of Securities: the rehabilitation of public companies will economic development unprecedented in the country

18/02/2012

The independent Iraqi news agency / Baghdad / n. H ... uncovered head of the securities a tendency for the rehabilitation of public companies in preparation for inclusion in the Iraqi market for securities firm that it will happen an unprecedented economic development.

The head of the Securities Commission, Dr. Abdul Razzaq al-Saadi, a reporter (and independent Iraqi news agency) the existence of a government headed for the rehabilitation of public companies in preparation for inclusion in the Iraqi market for securities, stressing that it will achieve growth of the Stock Exchange in particular, the national economy.



Saadi said that the whole submitted a proposal to support such a project and is now a client to search by a committee formed in the Council of Ministers on the study made ​​by the body.



The project is based on the rehabilitation of public companies and then inserted in the stock market after the establishment of a government fund, explaining that Must consider all public companies and evaluate each of them according to a study determines the effectiveness and necessity of the national economy and the feasibility study it before the qualifying with the scrutiny of the most important aspect hinders the development of these companies is the accumulation of the workforce is more than they need, which requires study and explore the possibility implicated in other sectors



He stressed that al-Saadi Public partnerships, if asked if they put up for sale and privatization in light of their labor excess and degradation of technical, economic, they will not achieve a good price and will lead it to the scattered energies of large and I my opinion, are heading for the rehabilitation of these companies and be no institution dedicated to the rehabilitation of public companies, according to a scientific plan to qualify and then subtract shares in the stock market as a hybrid ".

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Economist: Based on the financial policy of the country are the people who are not specialists in this area

18/02/2012

The independent Iraqi news agency / Baghdad / n. As an economist ... said Hossam Obaid said those responsible for financial policy of the country are the people who are not specialists in the economic field, warning of the serious consequences arising from the delay in approving the budget of Finance. "

The president of the Board of Directors set the economy to investment banks and finance Moved in a press statement the reporter (and independent Iraqi news agency) It is unfortunate that many officials at the policy-making financial of the country are the people who are not specialists in this area, as well as the negative role played by the political rivalries between the political blocs in the delay in all development plans in the country because of the pursuit of each side to secure the largest share of the budget for the supporters " .



He said he There must be experts divide the balance between operational and non-operational, according to the requirements of all sectors

Indicating That the time spent on the budget until the approval is a significant negative affect on the economic situation in the whole of Iraq. "



He pointed to the slaves That the budget is determined by the financial revenues, and oil revenues in Iraq continues, and in a continuous rise, but, alas, is no longer a citizen sees no improvement in the economic situation of the country despite the increase in revenues



He continued To see the economic situation of Iraqi citizens are going for the better after the fall of the former regime, and this is done through the financial budget that fit with the general need Wondering How long to keep employee's salary Ajkovah only half of the month Where support staff and where the support of the public and private And where the financial allocations for development projects that the average citizen does not know where to go and I know his objects of expenditure



And between The Son of the debtor lacks many of today's services, let alone rural Son Especially as all industrial sectors, parked, and the electricity sector since the period before 2003 did not rise, is it reasonable to Aanhi for this sector during the 25 years old, although he lifeblood that feeds the industrial, agricultural and service sectors and all walks of life



He added We are seen as experts economists is inconceivable in this country, for example, is it conceivable that each new minister of electricity is loaded responsibility for mistakes and breaches of the minister, who was the ministry before And it was deliberate for the purpose of making the responsibility for these violations, lost among the several ministers, under scandalous that tell us once in a while via the press and satellite channels on companies caught billions did not provide a thing or officials squandered billions did not Andzoa any project, as if the electricity issue is in limbo. "



He called on slaves To involve economists and business leaders and investors in the Iraqi market in the formulation of financial and economic policy of the country and according to the theories of modern practice in many developed countries. "

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Najafi: the top of Baghdad should not be marginal and should be re-Arab Iraq to his world

18 February, 2012

Speaker announced that Osama Najafi Summit to be held in Baghdad, the Arabs agreed and promised to attend but you must create a genuine atmosphere.

He added, Najafi said in an interview according to a statement of his office that Iraq does not want a conference marginal represents the State and foreign ministers or ambassadors, but we want a conference bring Iraq to his world Arab and restores the Arabs to Iraq, adding that Iraq came out of the stage and entered a new phase and requires him to lead his role is clear and important role of and the weight of Iraq.

And on the National Congress is expected explained Najafi said there was agreement to hold this conference and the preparations under way, where he received an important advance in the last meeting of the Preparatory Committee as there was a convergence of views between the political blocs, and there is a joint paper of the blocks together all applications and scenarios to be discussed and agreed to enter into a details in preparation for the scheduling of the conference.

Najafi said he had seen an Iraqi paper that collected the all the cards, noting that there was no difference in views on the most important issues in the points that you should look, but certainly there will be differences in the mechanisms and safeguards in the time of the implementation of these issues.

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House of Representatives reads through its second reading of the amnesty law

Saturday 02/18/2012

Baghdad (news) .. House of Representatives held its eleventh for the second semester of the second legislative year, and read through the amnesty law, in addition to a bill to extend the service of judges.
A source in the information department of the Council (of the Agency news) on Saturday: that the agenda of the meeting of the eleventh for the second semester of the year the legislative Second Council include, first reading of both bills accession of the Republic of Iraq to the agreement between the League of Arab States and the Government of the United Mexican States for the establishment of the Fund Mexican international cooperation for development in 2006, the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other countries. (Committee on the economy and investment). Extension of service of judges.
He added that the meeting will also see the second reading of the laws proposed amnesty law, ratification government of the Republic of Iraq to the Convention on trade and economic cooperation, scientific and technical and cultural cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Azerbaijan, the law of Iraq's accession to the Arab Charter of Human Rights issued by the League of Arab States in 2004, ratification of a memorandum Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the European Union regarding the strategic partnership in the field of energy.
As well as the agenda for the meeting Adtman the second reading of a bill setting aside of the Revolutionary Command Council (degenerate) No. 196 of 1984. / Finished / 2. For. M /.

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