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Former oil minister, expressed surprise at the ministry to assess the performances of the latter

He and former oil minister Issam Al-Chalabi said the evaluation of offers made by the three foreign oil companies to develop fields in the province of Dhi Qar, without directly included within the licenses was illegal because it does not fall within the Part of the world to compete with their counterparts in the sessions of licenses. He expressed surprise at how to take steps. Chalabi said that the fields of architecture, Kifl and Alekiarp and other tours are listed in the licensing of Atakhtlv fields Dhi Qar, asking the ministry to clarify the mechanism to deal with the discovered fields on the one hand and international companies specialized in the field of oil on the other.

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frank meeting with Finance Minister Bayan Jabr on the main economic and financial issues
IMF Report confirms that the economic growth rate amounted to 10,4 in Iraq and that did not happen in any neighboring state. We have red lines on the And retiredstaff member's salary increases will be given to staff members.

Item out of Iraq a key issue in the seventh national sovereignty?
At the outset, I believe that Iraq would emerge from the seventh item in the key issue of national sovereignty and efforts are being made in this direction from the reclusive head of the coalition and when the international and regional tours At the outset I would like to point out to the situation related to the protection of Iraqi funds course "after the signing of the Convention Efforts have been made by members of the Security Council and the decision was made to protect Iraqi funds, we in the Ministry of Finance are still carefully studying the details of this decision and await the literal translation, legal and fundamental of the Security Council, which will be issued by the Security Council late, "the translation of the Arabic language to go through what this protection and what are its dimensions and we and accurate perceptions of particular format may be possible to say yes, that protection had been issued and what the dimensions and what are its borders and how to deal with this work of art than the work of others so I think that is a major achievement by the government, and God willing, continue to follow up on this issue, but there is the completion of No less important, but more important is that Iraq is out of the obligations of the International Monetary Fund have succeeded over the past four years, from 2004, when the Deputy President of the Repulic d.

Adel Abdul Mahdi, when he was minister "of the financial efforts" made to sign with the Paris Club, and with the International Monetary Fund, retaining the first convention.

If "fear for the Iraqi funds and the protection of Iraqi funds from anything?
fear and still now, when there is no issue of protection of our We have a great fear of some of the points when they want to study and raise the protection of Iraq will return to his former Balkash and sell oil and return to the oil-for-food.

before you are good and by the faithful that Iraq's leaders are trying to extinguish the debt, the Paris Club where, at the Paris Club and the developments there is talk of criticism on Iraq, its relationship with the International Monetary Fund want to clarify this issue, Mr. Minister?
I am always "sometimes hurts efforts great efforts to extinguish the debt and the considerable efforts being made in the strategic relationship with the International Monetary Fund and with the Paris Club countries such efforts and essential task, for example, the Convention, which took place with the International Monetary Fund criticizes some say this obligation of Iraq Yes obligation of Iraq, but the obligation of the key issues in Iraq and beneficial for Iraq, is not harmful to Iraq is not the International Monetary Fund and say give me 10% of Iraq's oil should not come as the International Monetary Fund and the conditions imposed, you do not you accept the terms of the agreement is to introduce a mutual thing and I always discuss it, "I will hold meetings and preside over the delegation of the Iraqi government and Mr. attend Oil Minister and the Governor of the Central Bank and technical meetings led by the Ministry of Finance over the past four years, great efforts have been made in this direction, and a great victory achieved by Iraq on 17/12/2008, when he met the E.x.e.cutive Board of the IMF acknowledged that Iraq had succeeded in retaining the implementation of the Convention and thus to recommend Paris Club to turn off what is left of Iraq's debt, I would like to clarify This point to the citizen is aware of times we hear 80% and 20% hearing and hear 60% reduction obtained by Iraq from the International Monetary Fund and the Paris Club is 80%, but the IMF and the club has not extinguished the 80% one-time, but Otefwa the first time in 30% of the fire debt Votefioa 30% of Iraq's debt has two years and then saw that Iraq had respected its obligations Votefioa 30% of the second leaving the last 20% is the last stage ending on 17/12/2008, which was the last meeting in Amman attended by Houdrnah and me, Mr. Minister of Oil and the Governor of Central Bank And the Iraqi negotiating team and the technical advisers and agents and to the other. The meeting was very important "that fateful meeting with the putting out of $ 30 billion of the debt of Iraq is not in the Paris Club and heard some of the Paris Club Fire 7,8 billion dollars, in fact, is not only the Paris Club countries The Paris Club of 18 countries, as we say when a decision from the International Monetary Fund and the Paris Club, it includes all the countries of the world, whether they are members of the Paris Club or other members of the Paris Club does not accept to be treated any country in the world without any such treatment, you ask 100 dinars gives you 20 dinars, these Tkstha 20 dinars for 23 years and is 80 dinars forgive part of Iraq and the remaining 20% benefits and the global system in place and 23 years had no significant impact "on the front of the obligations of Iraq must be respected by this great victory, and when you put out 30 billion dollars Debt is not an easy victory, which is why that happened, and highlighting the information obtained on the results of the Paris Club and the International Monetary Fund was not the required level and globally, "Congratulations I'm older I receive from the financial world and Alimiolat continuing our success in retaining the implementation of the Convention and many countries have failed, and many countries have entered these commitments and become street demonstrations by the government, pressure Vttraja Convention and lose all that you get the benefits of our people we thank God cooperating with us and our government cooperated greatly and we have succeeded in the implementation of the Convention and the commitments that emerged from the Iraq within the International Monetary Fund as of 3-31 / 2009 we do not have any obligation to this period, we will review the balance to the International Monetary Fund which is the outcome of what has been implemented already, "at the level of the budget and the level of industrial policy or oil.

Mr. Minister, allow me, there is an unfortunate paradox do not wish to lower the effects of this It is time that Western countries keen to extinguish the debt, while the Iraqi, Arab and Islamic countries that are cool Taatmnon of why Arab and Muslim countries the issue of Iraqi debt?
Arab brothers will undoubtedly be less interest "from the Paris Club and other countries of the world of the 43 countries that have turned off 80% of its debt, some even 100% of the debt and I have already mentioned that there is 100% turned off the debt and the setback, 80% of its debts to the setback, there are 90% of the debt and there are turned off 93% of its debt, as the negotiations and the payment by over 23 years agreements led by the Ministry of Finance to say that I started in the Arab countries, praise be to God in the forefront of the United Arab Emirates extinguished 100% of their debts and some say we are not asking for money and we did not ask you any money and I spoke with some senior officials and Arab officials did not go, we did not ask you any money It is registered in the records and for us that we do not Erdini We want to get rid of debt in the records, but I am convinced that the Arab countries at the end of the most committed to the Paris Club and noticed how the UAE has begun in this laudable effort, and God willing, will be followed by the rest of the Arab and I heard from some citizens to follow the press, members of the House of Representatives have respected the claims are real and blamed the brothers, but I am still optimistic that many of the Arab countries would b Emirates and the establishment of God will come to extinguish the debt ..

and a decline in oil and the decline is serious and to discuss or find other alternatives Is Iraq will face financial and economic crisis in particular, you know that Iraqi oil would be 95% of the country's economy will face a real problem Are?
the issue of finding alternatives to the energy I am not inclined to this view, at least in the 30 to 50 next year might be in the next half-century and are making efforts and scientific studies, but at least in the foreseeable future, I do not think that there is an alternative energy or the black gold is actually "Energy is essential to that obtained from the biggest crisis of perception as well as the Arab street" on the street because it is always the European " citizen does not care about the order of his course, "is to receive public and cultures get general information, but what happened to the disaster, and some compared the disaster in his twenties and the end of 1929 received financial and economic catastrophe and a real crisis toppled much of the States inter alia, for example, I read some research that Iraq was in This time, it was not of Petroleum Exporting Countries to the required level at the beginning of the extraction of Iraq was dependent on agriculture and other ships were coming to take the oil instead of taking barley and wheat and rice in their twenties to Iraq in 1929 affected by the crisis in agriculture means that the economic crisis that took place in Europe and in America and in the States Iraq has affected the world recession was in the sale of barley as it is now a depression in the sale of oil thereby have had an impact "on the Iraqi economy, the current crisis of this magnitude and I said I was in Washington, beginning in the first week of the crisis, I was in Washington in meetings with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and signed with some of the ministers of finance agreements for the debt write-off over the week was the great efforts I have initiated the crisis and that Iraq will not be affected by this crisis, however, one side is the price of oil by the negative "and will be affected positively" in the prices of currencies and the decline in the recession due to the decline in the prices of raw materials in iron and abroad will be reduced will be reduced cement, machinery and equipment will be reduced and the positive for the Iraq issue and the only negative and influential, and Iraq, which will cost a lot, "will also cost the Arab countries and Iraq because of oil prices depends in particular," the budget in 2009 and is a major development in the work of the Ministry of Finance and the Iraqi economy, I received the Ministry of Finance, Iraq depends by 96% oil and 4% on imports of other (taxes, customs posts, etc. ..) and imports of the industry or agriculture. The report of the International Monetary Fund that the growth rate of 10,4 this would not happen in any neighboring state, but did not happen in the countries of the world at a time of stagnation and even growth in the non-oil side of that say that what happened to the crisis will have a yes "on the budget, as well as Iraq will have a" citizen and would have an impact "on government projects and everything

financial crisis because there is talk I do not know the truth or spread over the low salaries of retired staff and there is concern and there is fear about the health of the news that I heard and there's your answer from the Minister of Planning and Ministry of Finance to cut salaries this is worrying for retirees and employees say why the Minister of Finance of this troubling issue?
of course, that "this issue was premature and the Ministry of Planning in" On the basis of its responsibilities "of its mission in the planning of economic policy in the country presented a paper to the Council of Ministers where a number of proposals to protect the country and protect the people of Iraq and the Iraq crisis and that its work is part of these proposals out in the form of statements, but in the end, the decision of the Council of Ministers is to continue to give the salaries at the same level at least until 2009 I would be careful that this is the decision of government and not the Ministry of Finance and we consider what happened to accomplish in giving the employee salary increases is a major achievement the staff, despite the difficult situation you imagine you were to sell $ 140 oil "or $ 80" You are selling at 28 dollars at present the oil is sold at 28 to 33, we always "sell less than a Texas oil b (5) to (7) dollars and the price at which the show TV Nnqs (7) dollars and (5) dollars and (4) dollars that the price of Iraqi oil and, of course, "related to the site and type of oil and we are now selling at $ 30" last year sold b (80) and (90) and 120 and 133 as well as the export of oil in 2005 was two million barrels in the fifth month and one million and (900), Alan oil export between one million and (700) million and (800) is down from us (200) to (300) thousand barrels per day lower in prices and a decline in export and repeat this for two months and this worries me as I am a financial price of oil to the government formed a committee to study what is happening in the oil ministry this decline is frightening how we solve the problem of low prices is to raise production and to export so that we can minimize the damage as much as possible and if the exporter land (300000) per barrel, prices dropped to the third quarter, but we have sold between 130 and 120 Banah rate in 2009 to nearly 90 and $ 95 welcome the new year and we sell at 30 dollars and the Iraqi ministries and the Ministry of Finance has made great efforts in the maintenance of public money The pressure which is taking place in an increase in expenditure in some cases, I think that spending is not justified, therefore, reserves the actions taken by the Government and the Ministry of Finance reserves the precautions in place, resulting in a surplus in 2009 would serve and I said I am in the Council of Ministers of the budget that called for reducing the budget was 80%, then fell to 67 billion budget, the second $ 67 billion and we have not finished the budget of the 67 so there was a decline in oil to the twenties or thirties government formed under my chairmanship of the Commission and the Oil Minister and Minister of Trade and Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Planning and met for four hours continuously for a new budget and we have outlined painful cuts, "the impression that the goods and services that may be necessary in some ministries Khvdhanaha 80% turned to the reduction of social benefits for the presidency by 80% and this reflected positively" to the members of the House of Representatives reduced many of the issues and many of the appointments, but we have red lines and red line I is the salary of the employee and retired increases we will be given to staff in the 2009 red line and I took my precautions as in financial 2009, I first began meeting in the Committee said that two of the first line is staff salaries and increments and the salaries of retirees and the view is very clear, "and began to debate within the Committee begin the reduction by 20% to 25% to 30% in order to Atsubh we have a crisis in 2010 the so-called economy Bdemomp This view is respected and when you talk and I respect the Ministry of Planning estimates, but I say that there are commitments made by the Government to the Government to respect the obligations I told you that Give Ziadatk in the first month must implement this commitment and will take action later in this spirit that my recommendation to the staff when They would receive the salary increases and such increases must say three times the author underlined the Iraqi family to keep these increases either in the form of gold or in the form of cash deposited at banks and apply this theory to be beneficial in the White Shark Black Day.

I think the global economic crisis that shook the largest economy in the world today the United States unemployment rate rose from 7% and it is hoped up to 10%, which is in order for the developed countries and that the unemployment rate for the measurement of the world in the United States during the nearly two months, "Alan 3 million unemployed and add another 2 million cars because of the plants will be 5 million families without pay until the work of institutions, pension funds, which are global and the United States and Japan, pension funds are now also established a fund for the retirement funds along the lines busy these funds in financial institutions and industrial enterprises result Alchgellat regret this, "say that those responsible for the funds which brought a lot of money from the retirees entered into commitments with the stock and credit sector and the industrial sector caused the loss of that now, when fire spread to reduce the salaries of employees and retirees did not come out of the blue comes from what is happening now" in Europe, Japan and China America is happening every day "every month there are half a million unemployed in the United States is considering retirement and how to solve the problem of the retirement fund, which suffered the biggest hit of the total funds that the crisis has been the economic and sovereign Arab funds to the crisis, with losses estimated at these global losses Arab and to 4 trillion U.S. dollars this astronomical figure at all levels and accounts for that I take every precaution Iraqi family person Iraqi staff member of Iraq and the Iraqi retired it must be reckoned with for the coming days LEAN undoubtedly will affect Thank God Iraq so far will not be affected because of the association of credit institutions Since the World Gulf States and other countries was alarming losses in all sectors.

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Commission calls for a positive investment for the current year budget

Said a member of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives Albulada that the full implementation of the provinces of projects last year was not the level of ambition and has seen the completion of varying ratios between the province and the other in spite of the restoration of security in most cities and provinces.

Albulada said in a press release published on Wednesday by the Committee to seek the lifting of a proposal to provide the date of payment of the amounts allocated to the regions and provinces at the beginning of each year rather than to delay the third month in order to give a chance for the provincial councils in the organization of the disbursement of funds to the economic plans and programs.

She noted that their current year's budget must take into account the specificity of the issues of verification and to reduce the high expenses.

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The distribution of subsidies between widows and divorcees

Department of Social Welfare for women between the distribution of subsidies from the widows and divorcees covered as a first installment and continues to distribute throughout the week, including Friday and Saturday.

The chancellor said ministry spokesman Abdullah al-Lami told a news published on Wednesday that he was allocated a monthly amount of subsidies a hundred thousand dinars for each of the widows and divorced women and women who lacked a spouse do not have any income.

Lamy said that the Ministry will give special care for women and the importance of providing all forms of support during the practical focus on the women covered under the umbrella of care for women new prime minister has decided to develop and link them to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, instead of linking them to his office.

He said subsidies would be provided for widows and divorced women and couples Vakedat of $ 100 thousand dinars, in addition to 15 thousand dinars for each child up to the fifth child of any financial subsidy of up to 175 thousand dinars.

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Iraq ready for early US withdrawal

Iraq said on Thursday it is prepared for an early drawdown of US troops after President Barack Obama asked the American military to draft plans for a withdrawal from Iraq.

"If the US pullout comes early, our Iraqi forces have prepared for this," Major General Mohammed al-Askari, spokesman for the Iraqi ministry of defence, told AFP.

"Our forces have been readying for this mission since last year and we are fully capable of handling security without relying on US forces. We only need US air support and intelligence," Askari said.

Obama said on Wednesday he had told top military commanders to make the necessary plans for a "responsible" withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
"I asked the military leadership to engage in additional planning necessary to ****ute a responsible military drawdown from Iraq," Obama said in a statement one day after being sworn in as US president and commander-in-chief of America's armed forces.

Obama said he issued the instructions in a meeting with the US ambassador to Iraq, the US military commander in Iraq, the commander for the region and top cabinet and national security officials.

The new president promised during his campaign to order US troops out of Iraq within 16 months.

Obama, who opposed the Iraq war, has said he wants to redeploy thousands of combat troops from the country to Afghanistan, where conditions have deteriorated and which he says is the prime front against Al-Qaeda.

Under an agreement signed between Washington and Baghdad in November, the US military is slated to withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2011 and it will begin pulling out of cities by June this year. According to the US State Department, 142,000 American troops are currently deployed in Iraq.

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Kurdistan Regional Government discusses stronger economic relations with Iran

The prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Negervan al-Barzani, discussed with a senior Iranian delegation means of boosting trade and economic relations with Iraq.

The meeting, which was attended by the deputy premier, Omar Fattah, took place with Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister and Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hassan Kashkawi, Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Kazemi Qomi and their accompanying delegation, according to a statement published on the official web site of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

The meeting tackled mutual relations between the Iranian republic and the Kurdistan region, according to the statement.

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Iraq to reopen infamous Abu Ghraib prison

Iraq is set to reopen Abu Ghraib prison, the notorious site of e.x.e.cutions and torture under Saddam Hussein and later on of a US prisoner abuse scandal, once underway renovation works are completed.

The jail will be renamed "Baghdad Central Prison".

The Iraqi Ministry of Justice is now rehabilitating the infamous jail in order to make it compatible with international requirements and criteria, the Iraqi Cabinet said in a release handed out here Thursday.

Iraqi Acting Minister of Justice Safaaldeen Al-Safi and several other government officials have visited the prison in order to inspect restoration works there, it said.

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Iraq pledges strong ties with Serbia
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pledged to strengthen ties with Serbia after meeting the country's defence minister on Thursday, as a withdrawal of US troops edged closer.

Maliki said the countries needed to move beyond the necessary supply of weapons to Iraq's army and police force, signalling intent to work closely on "other vital aspects" of policy.

"We are at the beginning of a process of rebuilding and reconstruction," Maliki said in a statement, noting Serbia had already trained a number of Iraqi students and that closer co-operation would follow.

Military ties between Baghdad and Belgrade resumed in September 2007, seven years after they ceased when late autocratic Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was ousted in a popular uprising.

The countries would also work together on trade and education, said the statement, released after Maliki met with Serbia's visiting Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac.

"We have friendly relations with Iraq, we want to maintain and develop these relations," Sutanovac said.

"We are ready to provide all that Iraq needs... training Iraqi cadres in the field of military medicine and putting the potential of the Military Academy at their disposal," he added.

Maliki has received a formal invitation to visit Serbia and has "promised to respond as soon as possible," the Iraqi government statement said.

During the decades-long dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, Baghdad worked closely with Belgrade when it was under the rule of former Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito and Milosevic, his successor in Serbia.

After Milosevic's fall in October 2001, Serbia was suspected of having supplied Saddam's army with weaponry during the UN arms embargo, a charge Belgrade persistently denied.

Allegations have also dogged ties between the countries since the hardline Saddam and Milosevic regimes were replaced by governments more friendly with the West.

Last year, Serbia's main arms exporter was forced to deny a New York Times report that Belgrade acted secretively in a 833-million-dollar deal to sell weapons to Baghdad so Iraqi officials would avoid corruption charges.

Iraq said on Thursday it is prepared for an early reduction of US troops after President Barack Obama asked the American military to draft plans for a withdrawal from Iraq

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Iraq agriculture sector in relapse

Planning Minister Ali Baban affirmed that Iraq dependence on imported agricultural products and neighboring countries control on water has led to the relapse of this sector. During a workshop carried out by the agricultural planning directorate, officials in the government called to provide full support to Iraqi agriculturalists in order to rehabilitate the agriculture sector.

Under the motto of “If you love your nation, love its national products”, Kurdistan poultry committee held a forum in Arbil attended

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Iran Oil Minister: Imbalance in oil offer and demand

Iran's Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said that oil demand has regressed more than the offer stressing the need for cooperation of producers inside and outside OPEC to achieve balance in the market. Nozari affirmed that the oil market is based on offer and demand. Presently, crude oil offer is limited while demand has regressed even more. Iran Oil Minister: Imbalance in oil offer and demand

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