And former Minister of Transport reveals a number of files, which obliges Kuwait compensate Iraq or waiver of resolution 833

2013/03/18



Called the Iraqi Transport Minister former Iraqi government to open a number of files related to political with Kuwait, including its support for Saddam Hussein's regime during the war eight years, saying that deduction naval base in Umm Qasr would negatively affect the port of Umm Qasr, describing resolution 833 International that violates the law of the sea International
Said Amer Abdul-Jabbar told N. news reporting that the naval base demanding Kuwait annexation annexation resolution 833 is part of the waters of Umm Qasr which adversely affect the territorial waters of Iraq, saying that the above decision violates the international law of the sea within Article 70 "
Abdul-Jabbar said that Kuwait supported the regime of Saddam Hussein with dirty money during his reign and Iraq could open a number of files with the Kuwaiti side in order to reach solutions Ardaúah between the two countries, a concession Kuwait consensual resolution 833 "
Detection and former transport minister on the number of files that can negotiator Iraqi to open them against Kuwait including the Emir of Kuwait late Jaber Al-Sabah was an assassination attempt mid-eighties of the last century has been accused of Kuwait at the time Iran so called morning at the time of Saddam Hussein that avenge him He issued Saddam timely days combat he called on Kuwait and on the track gave Iraq a lot of victims because of demand Prince Kuwait in addition to supporting unlimited by the Kuwaiti government during the Iran-Iraq war funds dirty and buy weapons resulted from liquefaction blood of Iraqis as well as open a file of Halabja, where was buying arms hit Halabja money from the state-backed Kuwait at the time "
He call on the Iraqi government to open these files through negotiations with Kuwait arrive at Ardaúah solutions reached Kuwait to waive consensual resolution 833 "

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Specialists: Central Bank procedures for the sale of hard currency caused the reduction rate of the dinar against the dollar

 17-03-2013

Baghdad (news) / report / Hussein Faleh / .. After that saw Iraqi dinar exchange rate stable remarkable for hard currency for a long time but he came back to drop, especially after the crisis the central bank that toppled Governorate Shabibi and a number of his staff, where he received the President of Supreme Audit Basset Turki tasks agency until a governor efficient centralized the Bank management.

It started the new administration headed by Turkish taken a series of decisions and controls on the sale of hard currency in the auction, and ordered banks and banking companies abide by them.

Where complained a number of owners of private banks and companies to mediate (banking) and specialists from restrictive measures taken by the Bank regarding the sale of the dollar as well as granting licenses for banking companies, making there is an increasing demand for the dollar paid Showing little of it, which led to increased price in the local market.
Warning during their talk (of the Agency news) of the continuing decline in the exchange rate of the dinar in the coming period in the event of mitigation measures and facilities by the central bank.

A member of the Finance Committee MP / National Alliance / Amin Hadi Abbas, pregnancy, the responsibility of the Central Bank to cut the exchange rate of the dinar against the dollar because of restrictive procedures in granting licenses for the operations broker companies (banking), to make the process confined to certain companies without the other.

Abbas said (of the Agency news): There are companies still in control of the process of buying hard currency from the central bank because of the restrictions of the bank's management to companies broker to increase its capital, demanding the central bank to ease procedures for the sale of hard currency for companies to mediate to stop the monopoly of some companies on the procurement process .

He added: process must be indivisible capital for companies to mediate so that there are no practical monopoly by some companies and banks as it was in the previous Directors of the Central Bank.

He explained: that when these companies dominate the procurement process in the bank will auction fake receipts to grab the largest amount of foreign exchange.
The Iraqi Central Bank announced the extension of a capital increase for companies to mediate in the sale and purchase of foreign currencies to December 31 of this year to be the last date for the extension.

The Iraqi Central Bank has decided to increase the capital of existing exchange companies which operate in the market and companies under formation to 500 million dinars.

For his part, warned the decision of the Commission of Economy and Investment MP / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Mahma Khalil, of continuing to reduce the exchange rate of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar as a result of the central bank's measures, which led to reduce the width of the dollar in the market.

Khalil said (of the Agency news): The recent crisis, the central bank and changed his administration as well as the unstable political climate experienced by Iraq, make there is a growing demand to buy the dollar in the market by the citizens and convert their money into hard currency.

He added: that the current management of the bank made it difficult process and the arrival of the dollar to the market and then to the citizens and traders because of restrictive procedures, which fears out large amounts of hard currency abroad or the occurrence of money laundering.

He continued: the central bank should make it easier process pumping dollars into the market and then tighten the control on the process spent at home or abroad to prevent money laundering operations or the like.

The Director of the Office of the banking and selling foreign currency Raed Aziz, said: The Department of the banking and credit of the Central Bank allowed the owners of private offices to sell foreign currency to open companies registered with a private b (banking) that allow the buying and selling dollar according to specific controls, different from controls earlier, which was taken by the central bank.

He Aziz (of the Agency news): The bank requested an increase of the company's capital to (500) million Iraqi dinars, which is a large sum and difficult on a lot of citizens, where he was scheduled to begin corporate work early February, but the new regulations issued by Central obstructed the process of granting licenses to companies.

He added: that the measures include conversion of special treatment procuring the license from the owner or managing director or shareholder to Criminal Department of the Ministry of Interior for ratification, as well as transferred to the Department of Economic Crime, and the money laundering section at the Central Bank.

He called for: the need to ease the procedures for granting licenses to companies because it will facilitate the process of selling hard currency and fill the market need them, and also to contribute to the stability of the exchange rate on the grounds that any company that has a share weekly hard currency backed by the central bank and thus contribute to the control of the market.
Refer Aziz: the reason for increasing the dollar exchange rate during the current period to limit the sale of hard currency on certain civil banks either banking companies it may limited quantities of each company's share (100) thousand dollars a week, they amount does not meet the needs of the dollar market.

The central bank held daily sessions of currency auction except Fridays and public holidays, and the participation of a group of Iraqi banks, within which the sale and purchase of foreign currency, and the central bank process currency converter sold abroad, for some companies and citizens for a commission certain.
The witness of the dinar exchange rate the relative decline Bsaara Iraqi against the U.S. dollar. / End / 8.. /

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The arrival of the budget law to the Presidency of the Republic for approval

17/03/2013


Twilight News / Minister of Finance Agency Ali Shukri, Sunday, for the arrival of the Federal Budget Law for the year 2013 to the Presidency of the Republic for the purpose of endorsing it.

Shukri said in a statement Worrell "Twilight News", that "the federal budget law for 2013, which was passed in Parliament earlier, arrived at the Presidency of the Republic for the purpose of endorsing it."

The House voted at the beginning of the first week of this month on the federal budget without a political consensus with the Kurdistan Alliance bloc that threatened to resort to the Federal Court to challenge the original budget.

The total federal budget 138 billion dinars, which is the largest in the history of the Iraqi state, which included $ 55 billion dinars investment part, and 83 billion dinars, the operational part.

And the Iraqi government budget was built in 2013 on the basis of (90) dollars a barrel at a rate of 2.9 million barrels of oil a day.

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Urgent .. Barzani calls for Baghdad to serious dialogue to resolve the crisis: our positions determined by the general budget

16-03-2013


Twilight News / called the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Barzani Naچervan, Saturday, Iraqi government to a serious dialogue to resolve the crisis between Erbil and Baghdad, and mortgage success to the commitment to the principles of the new Iraq, announced his rejection of any "another Iraq".

Barzani said in a speech at the ceremony to revive twenty-fifth anniversary of the bombing of the town of Halabja with chemical weapons, Aqmat morning, and attended by "Twilight News", "We announce here from Halabja We are ready to serious dialogue with Baghdad to end all the problems and implement the principles on which it is building the new Iraq ".

Barzani added that "the Constitution gave us the right to an Iraq based on partnership and consensus and federal," stressing the "rejection of another Iraq is in the Constitution."

Barzani and continued, "We in the Kurdistan Region us a message, a message of dialogue to address all the crises and we have recently made good progress in resolving problems with Baghdad," adding that "that was passed Moana significantly affected the course of these dialogues."

He added that "determining the budget is directly linked with all our problems with Baghdad as the question salaries Alپeshmrگh and benefits and other oil companies", adding that "our positions are determined by the position of the general budget."

The previous regime had attacked the town of Halabja in this day of 1988 with chemical weapons that killed more than five thousand people dead and more than 20 thousand injured and infected is still a lot of them suffer from physical and psychological effects.

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Central demanding banks Bossullac selling and buying dollars

16-03-2013 

Central Bank announced new measures to prevent money laundering operations in local markets by requiring private banks Bossullac purchase and receipt of the quantities of hard currency sold.

The official source at the bank said the central bank has taken measures and new mechanisms within the work for the current period included a demand that all private banks and banking offices bring receipts receipt and sale of foreign currency sold to ensure there is no laundering of money in the domestic market and currency smuggling out of Iraq from businessmen and traders unknown .

He said the bank will work to ensure the stability of the exchange rate of the dollar in the markets through the control of dollar amounts sold to banks and authorized agencies in order not to activate the cases speculation in the foreign currency of unidentified bodies, as happened in the past.

For her part, member of the parliamentary Economic Commission Attorney Nora Albejaoa said the central bank measures request receipts to dollar amounts sold will reveal traders and fictitious getting large amounts of hard currency for false reasons and unknown operations by withdrawing these quantities of currency.

The Albejaoa added that there are traders and businessmen who bring fake goods and fake receipts while buying dollars from banks in order to obtain the maximum amount of dollar amounts. Referred to the foreign exchange rates experienced during the past few weeks an unprecedented rise, because of what was said wrong policies committed bank in the sale of hard currency.

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Chest: I call on the Government to implement the provisions of the budget and solving problems with partners

09/03/2013



The leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, on Friday, the government to implement the provisions of the general budget for the current year 2013, which approved of the Iraqi Council of Representatives to boycott the coalition of Kurdish blocs and the Iraqi List, after the failure of five attempts to pass because, as advised the government to solve problems with their partners.

Sadr said in a statement received (range Press) copy of it, "we offer our thanks to all the parliamentary blocs to reach down to the adoption of the federal budget for 2013", and adding at the same time, "We recommend the government apply the budget items and solve their problems with their partners."

The Sadr office in Rusafa of Baghdad announced, on Thursday, Central canceled demonstrations that were expected to be launched today in Baghdad, after parliament managed to approve the financial budget after more than five attempts.

He acknowledged Iraqi Council of Representatives, on Thursday, a majority budget bill financial for the current year 2013, $ 139 trillion dinars, Province coalition of Kurdish blocs and the Iraqi List, after six times postponed due to disagreements, while raising House Speaker Osama Nujaifi session to the 19 of March Current , with the exception of the Kurdistan Alliance, the adoption of the budget in breach of the applicable national consensus in the political process.

The vote on the budget after the postponed five times because of differences between the national alliances and Kurdistan and the Iraqi List, the failure of parliament during its meeting held on 23 February 2013, the vote on the budget bill back to the government to amend it.

The Council of Ministers approved, on the fifth of November 2012, the budget year 2013 worth 138 trillion Iraqi dinars and adopted the budget on oil exports from Iraq on the basis of 90 dollars as the price per barrel.

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Hamid Buffy: Maliki's coalition implemented agendas territory .. And sent a serious message for the Kurds on the budget

 09/03/2013

Baghdad (news) .. accused MP / coalition of Kurdish blocs / Hamid Buffy, the rule of law to the implementation of regional agendas in the country, referring to the vote on the budget without the Kurds as a threat against the Kurds so we will have a position to determine the future of the Kurdish people.
Buffy said in a statement (of the Agency news): The Kurdistan Alliance wants to solve the disputes with the central government through dialogue, but a coalition of state law are turning towards the implementation of regional agendas in Iraq.
He added: that the rule of law and face to the Kurdistan region's most dangerous message by voting on the budget without the presence of the Kurdistan Alliance MPs and this is part of a system of "authoritarian and dictatorial" and this can not be tolerated by the Kurdish street.
The MP said the coalition of Kurdish blocs: the Kurdish leaders are now considering the report of the future of the Kurdish people because of their marginalization by state law.
MP / Kurdistan Islamic Union / Osama Jamil, expect a meeting between political parties of Kurdistan with Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani, to discuss what happened on approving the budget for fiscal (2013) and taken a stance on this approval. / End / 4.'s. M 

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