Thread: Archive - Latest News Think Tank - 15/01/09 - 04/05/09

Alliance leaders claim to speed up the ratification of the 2009 budget

the leaders of the United Iraqi Alliance bloc, a meeting chaired by Mr. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, in his own office in Baghdad, where the participants discussed the 2009 budget and the need for modifications in order to authenticate the next week.

The meeting was held Wednesday night (2-25) discuss "important issues in the political arena, particularly in the House of Representatives, as well as to highlight and deal with the issue of the presidency," according to a statement posted yesterday on the official website of the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq.

And began on Thursday afternoon (2-19) The process of voting and counting for the election of the President of the Parliament of the presence of 234 deputies. Compete for the succession as parliamentary speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, who resigned from his position 23/12 in the past, each of Iyad al-Samarrai (Accordance Front) and Khalil Jadou (National Dialogue Council), The Samurai, the 136 votes, while his Jadoua 81, and thus did not receive either an absolute majority of votes of the number of members of the Council's 275th

The federal budget for Iraq for 2009 has not been approved so far, amounting to 62 billion dollars, has been calculated on the basis of $ 50 per barrel price of oil.

The fiscal balance returned to the Council of Ministers (15/1/2009) to the demands of the presidency and the Ministry of Finance to increase the budget because it is not the prerogative of the House of Representatives to increase the budget.

Reserves the Alliance bloc, led by Mr. Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the largest bloc in parliament, with 83 seats out of 275.

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Obama's address on Friday, speaking about Iraq

Officials said the U.S. President Barack Obama will be on Friday, a statement on the "way forward" in Iraq is expected to announce the steps to begin withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq.

Said Joe Biden, U.S. Vice President in an interview with t.e.l.evision station (The. Me.'s) On Wednesday when asked about the subject of a speech by Obama in a speech to the Marine Corps in North Carolina, "We maintain a commitment we have made during the election campaign." "I believe that the American public will understand exactly what to do and I think he would be satisfied."

Obama and pledged during the presidential election campaign, Jie withdraw U.S. combat troops from the war in Iraq within 16 months of his presidency, although officials said on Tuesday he is considering a period of 19 months. Officials said the Pentagon (the Pentagon), said about 40 soldiers involved in the training and supervision of the Iraqi security forces are expected to remain until the end of 2011, when the departure of all U.S. forces under an agreement signed by the United States with Iraq. A spokesman for the White House on Wednesday that Obama has not yet made a final decision on a timetable for withdrawal. Obama told Americans in a speech in Congress on Tuesday night that he will announce soon, "a way forward in Iraq, left Iraq for his people and end this war responsibly."

The United States has about 140 thousand troops in Iraq. Since the war began in 2003 killed 4250 U.S. soldiers. Obama says he wants to shift the focus of the U.S. military from Iraq to Afghanistan where he was ordered to send 17 more troops to help the troops led by NATO to stop the sharp escalation of violence by Taliban militants and al-Qaeda

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Mesopotamia British Petroleum concluded an oil deal in Iraq

Iraqi oil official said that the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and British Petroleum Company Mesopotamia will sign Thursday an agreement to establish a joint company to drill 60 new oil wells each year to begin work in the oil fields around the southern city of Basra. Yasiri said Idris, head of the Iraqi capital drilling joint venture will be 90 million dollars is expected to lead to increased activity by Iraq's production of 120 thousand barrels per day within a year.

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Round of negotiations to conclude a trade agreement between Iraq & European Union

in Baghdad, concluded, on Thursday, held the seventh round of the Convention on trade and cooperation between Iraq and the European Union chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and attended by representatives of other ministries.

Said a Foreign Ministry statement received by the agency (Voices of Iraq) a copy of which had been during the tour, "the completion of the discussion of the terms of the agreement which included the topics of migration and trade, culture and archeology, tourism, finance, investment, energy, development and planning, industry, agriculture and justice."

According to the statement, "the parties agreed that the Convention was prepared for the final form to be submitted to the ****utive and legislative authorities before signing it this year by Iraq and the European Union."

The tour began on Wednesday morning (2-25) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, and the negotiations came in the orientations of the European Union to contribute to providing support and assistance for Iraq to achieve development and political stability in addition to contributing to the reconstruction and integration between the EU and the Iraqi economy, according to Foreign Affairs.

Chaired by the Iraqi side in the round of Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud, deputy foreign minister for legal affairs and multilateral relations and the membership of representatives of the Iraqi ministries of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Planning and Development Cooperation, immigrants, migrants, culture, tourism and the effects and the Central Bank of Iraq and the national investment and the European side Hcz Mnkrli head of the Middle East and South Mediterranean in the presence of the European Commission and European Commission representative in Baghdad.

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Central to the sales decline to $ 110 million in the canteen

the U.S. dollar decreased sales of the Central Bank in an auction for the sale and purchase of foreign currency, on Thursday, to reach 110 million and 100 thousand versus $ 174 million and 280 thousand U.S. dollars U.S. dollars at the previous meeting.

The bulletin issued by the Central Bank and the Agency has received (Voices of Iraq) a copy of which was that "the total volume of demand for the dollar stood at 110 million and 100 thousand dollars, a stable exchange rate was 1170 dinars per dollar."

The figure is up from the previous meeting, which recorded a total volume of demand for the dollar stood at 174 million and 280 thousand dollars, and the exchange rate was 1170 dinars per dollar.

The Bulletin that "the demand for the dollar is distributed by 29 million and 500 thousand dollars in cash, covered by the bank at the exchange rate was 1176 dinars per dollar, including the central bank and a commission of six dinars per dollar."

According to the bulletin, "the value of remittances outside the country reached 80 million and 600 thousand dollars, covered the central exchange rate was 1173 dinars, including the central bank and a commission of three dinars per dollar," did not make any of the 9 banks participating in the auction, offers to sell the dollar.

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Maliki's media adviser to the Guardian: The gov is not concerned about withdrawal of U.S. troops

Media adviser to the prime minister told the Guardian that the British government is not concerned about the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

The newspaper quoted Sadiq Rikabi, saying that "the prime minister is not worried about the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq."

This comes after U.S. President Barack Obama is considering options for a plan to end the role of multinational forces in Iraq. And has a range of plans to withdraw from 16 to 23 months.

The other hand, the paper said that the commander of the Marines in charge of U.S. military operations on the western Anbar province, John Kelly, referring to the "root of violence in Iraq to the lowest level" during the past year.

It is noteworthy that the decision to withdraw from Iraq is the measure, which is trying to take Obama as a solution to stabilize the budget in the U.S. under the global economic crisis.

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Baban, called for the liberation of the Iraqi economy, oil dependence

The Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Ali Baban, the liberation of the Iraqi economy, oil dependence as a first step to solve the problem of development.

Baban said the national conference to find alternatives for economic development, freedom from oil dependency is one of the most prominent solutions for the advancement of economic reality.

He stressed the need for a reform of the Iraqi economy to end the continuing deterioration of this bad image.

Baban and attributed the decline in the important sectors in the country to the lack of a clear policy of reform and to improve these sectors, and called for activating the role of other sectors of the oil and re-balancing the budget for this financial year to give their full investment expenditures to advance the process of reconstruction of the country. The doors to give 80% of operating expenditures of the budget that has a valid claim, however, to more deterioration, calling for the need to correct this imbalance in favor of investment.

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Complexities of legal obstacles to the cancellation of debts arising from Kuwait to Iraq

Ambassador to Iraq, the State of Kuwait to the insured that the decision to extinguish the debt of Iraq is facing difficulties in the current legislative, tough on the need for more time to get the resolutions and laws Tseml to extinguish the debt.

The insured in an exclusive interview with "Radio Sawa": as saying that Kuwait is facing difficulty in determining the position of the debt in a timely Alrahin, saying that there is sympathy with Iraq, but it needs laws and this "is difficult to be accomplished quickly":

He praised the distinguished relations insured between Baghdad and Kuwait, he said, adding that his country will not take any step unless it is in the interest of the two countries and expressed optimism about the growth and development of Iraq's security, economic and social, he said:

To that, a Vice-Chairman of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives Yonadam Kanna, but for the continuation of attempts to persuade Kuwait to turn off their debt as some Arab and foreign countries, pointing out that in addition to Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia did not give up now trying to extinguish the debts of Iraq:

The Iraqi government submitted a proposal to reduce the debt of Iraq of Kuwait, while the refusal of some deputies of the National Assembly, drop the debt, amounting to about??

Billion dollars, most of which is compensation to the people and government and private companies, said that she was damaged by the invasion of Kuwait in 1989.

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Completion of the first network to connect banks with the Central Bank of Iraq

The director of payments in the Central Bank of Iraq, on Friday, was the accomplishment of a network of Iraqi banks, which is the first of its kind in the government sector, the network will launch its services on Saturday.

Saleh, he added Mahuad told (Voices of Iraq) was "the completion of a project to link the Iraqi banks the Central Bank through the use of the latest techniques in the field of Allowairles, called the Wye Marx," which is "through the use of this technique a first project of its kind carried out by this new technology" .

He noted that this project, "funded by the World Bank and the management of a joint team from the Central Bank of Iraq, the Ministry of Communications and will be tomorrow (Saturday), starting the first day of this network."

Mahuad said that "through the project will be linked to centers of government and private banks in Baghdad and seven centers in the governorates of set-off exists with the Central Bank of Iraq and is about 30 banks in addition to the Ministry of Finance."

"It will be circulated the information and data between the Central Bank and these banks, especially the payments on the Iraqi regime," which we mean by "a system to transfer money between banks, or with the Ministry of Finance," in addition to the "possibility of the banks to buy treasury bonds and the auction through the Internet."

Mahuad said that "the network would reduce the period in which transactions are carried out orders so that the procedures are automatic and give up manual work will not only take minutes of each building upon the work Almemknn, which reduces errors and increases speed."

He noted that the project "will be followed during the next six months clearing system of the instruments," which will be the banks, "which is able to hold all of its set-off" and the "need to be a period of seven days to take place while the process will be completed timely and within a day of work."

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Central to sell 585 million dollars at the exchange rate stable for the sixth straight week

The volume of total demand for the dollar in the meetings of the Central Bank of Iraq this week to 585 million dollars, and a stable exchange rate for the sixth consecutive week at 1170 dinars per dollar.

The total sales during this week, the central 585 million and 423 thousand dollars, was the basis of the exchange rate of 1170 dinars per dollar, by holding an auction of five meetings during the week.

With sales in the Central last week was 548 million and 720 thousand dollars at the exchange rate was 1170 dinars per dollar.

The adviser said the appearance of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mohamed Saleh, told Voices of Iraq (VOI) that "the stability of the exchange rate for the sixth straight week of decline caused by the global prices of imported goods," which would "give the value of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar even if he did not raise the value."

And distributed on demand cash sales total of $ 163 million and 610 thousand dollars at the exchange rate was 1176 dinars per dollar, which includes the commission of the Central Bank amounting to six dinars per dollar.

While foreign remittances recorded a size of the request amounted to 421 million and 813 thousand dollars, and the exchange rate was 1173 dinars per dollar, inclusive of the commission of the Central Bank amounting to three dinars per dollar.

The average daily demand on the rise last week, reaching 117 million F-84 versus $ 109 million and 744 thousand dollars, over the past week.

The week witnessed the disparity in the volume of applications to buy the dollar during the course of the auction, which reported a meeting on Sunday (2-22) less the volume of demand during one session was $ 49 million and 278 thousand dollars, while meeting Wednesday (2-25) during the peak demand one meeting was 174 million and 280 thousand dollars, and there is no record of the meetings this week of the auction bids for the sale of the dollar by the banks to contribute to the auction.

The central bank held an auction of five meetings a week from Sunday to Thursday for the sale and purchase of foreign currencies, and receive a cash commission on the sale of six dinars per dollar, and receive a commission of three dinars per dollar on the sale of remittances outside the country.

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