Thread: Archive News - Iraqi Dinar Think Tank - 06/10/2010 - 24/01/2011

27th December 2010

Communications Minister: we will go ahead in the license-fourth of the mobile phone in cooperation with the private sector

Communications Minister Mohammed Tawfik Allawi said of the priorities of the Ministry's work in the next phase will focus in moving forward in the license-fourth of the mobile phone in cooperation with the private sector.

Allawi said during a ceremony receiving the ministry that the next phase will see the upgrading of telecommunications services, mail and Alantertnt in Iraq, and Iraqi citizens touch the fruits of the efforts of workers in the ministry in the area of infrastructure development and development of terrestrial communications networks and switches.

He will also be working on the implementation of good projects for communications and connectivity with neighboring countries, including DSL service processing of Internet phone service land and the development of postal services and others.

Allawi praised the efforts of the former telecommunications minister, made during his term of office in the Ministry.

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30th December 2010

Communications form a committee to resolve the problems the license file to the fourth mobile phone

The Iraqi Ministry of Communications, Thursday, formed a special committee to discuss with the Communications and Media Authority on the granting of frequencies required by the license-fourth of the mobile phone.

A spokesman for the ministry Smirali Hassoun told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "his ministry had set up a special committee to discuss with the Communications and Media Authority to grant the license frequencies for the fourth mobile phone, which the ministry plans to activate it through the next stage."

The goldfinch that "meetings between the Ministry of Communications and Communications and Media Authority continues to come out with a positive result for the fourth license for mobile phone," noting that "the project will be implemented by a foreign company under the supervision of the ministry."

He said Hassoun that "the draft license will remove the fourth power of some mobile phone companies, which drained the economy because of the absence of Iraqi government control over the work." He said.

In turn, the chairman of the trustees in the CMC Spring's purity (Rn), "The Authority will deal with the problem of the foundations of a new license after the fourth to be discussed with the ministry on removing the legal obstacles facing the project."

He continued that "the relationship between the Ministry of Communications and Communications Commission will take the positive path and there will be new starting points for the activation of telecommunications projects in the country in line with the law."

He explained that "the new minister had a vision may differ from the former Minister in the development of relations between Ministry of Communications and Communications Commission."

Revealed the CMC earlier that it will not grant the license Trdadt fourth mobile phone project that the Ministry of Communications plans to implement because of the recent obtaining formal approval from the Commission along with the license incompatible with the law of the fourth free investment in the country.

And formed a body of information and telecommunications in Iraq in June 2004, an independent body not associated with any government entity, but subject to many criticisms and accusations of political views, which it calls implemented Omlaouat to the government.

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Iraq Speaker criticizes government performance

Parliament speaker Oussama Al Nujaifi said that the government performance is full of problems and crises and added that the plans set between the central government and the regional governments are random. Nujaifi called to set a new strategy between Baghdad and the provinces on one hand and between the parliament and the central government on the other hand. During a press conference he held on the margin of a visit to Nineveh with a ministerial and parliamentary delegation Nujaifi said that the parliament is playing its role and communicating with people in order to define the problems and finding solutions. He also called all the Iraqi leaderships to visit the provinces in order to communicate with people, to find solutions and to bond with the citizens.

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26th December 2010

Increase in oil prices to minimize deficit in Iraq’s 2011 budget, Oil Ministry:

“If oil prices keep their current level achieving an increase, it shall help to increase the Iraqi Budget and minimize the deficit in the State Budget for 2011, as well as decreasing Iraq’s depending on other resources, such as credits from the World Bank and foreign states,” the Oil Ministry’s Spokesman, Assem Jihad, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Jihad added that “the oil prices might be remporary and unstable, but they are useful in the present time, and we hope that they would continue on their current level.”

The Council of Ministers had approved a proposal to raise Iraq’s State Budget for 2011 to the Iraqi Parliament recently, adding US$5 billions (b) for investment projects, that would be financed by credits from the Central Bank of Iraq.

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The oil ministry expects oil prices to remain high globally in the new year

I expected the Iraqi Oil Ministry, Saturday, to keep oil prices in international oil markets during the current year 2011 is high, due to high demand from the countries of the world.

The director of the Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), Falah al-Ameri said in an interview to the Sumerian News, said the indicators according to the World oil prices remain in the markets the world's oil is high during the current year 2011, despite the volatility from time to time, indicating that the survival of the rise comes because of the high demand for oil, especially in winter.

Al-Ameri added that economic growth in some East Asian countries such as China and India, has led to increased demand for oil dramatically, has also led to increased competition with the largest global consumption of energy, noting that China pursues a policy of strategic stockpiling of oil.

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Planning complain about the slow implementation of international agreements with Iraq

Complained that the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation of the existence of a slowdown in the implementation of the agreements concluded with Iraq, as it refers to the Director General of International Cooperation Department in the Ministry engineered Hoda Abdel-Malek, attributed the cause to the existence of lengthy procedures of these countries continue sometimes for several months prior to implementation.

She explained that the slow offset slack and laze by the ministries and institutions in the country, leading to the Convention and take a long time to implementation, afterthought that despite all these obstacles, but these agreements are going as planned by both parties.

King Abdullah explained during a press statement that the absence of any agreement between neighboring countries or the EU with Iraq in the near term.

And Iraq had signed with the European Union last August agreement granting whereby Iraq $ 42 million euros to develop the sectors of education, governance and human rights, with the representative union at the time that Europe will be signed with Iraq in the 2012 Convention on the strategy for a period of three years to develop the sectors of the economy and water and agriculture.

U.S. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning Mahdi Keywords in a press statement on the sidelines of the signing of the contract that the European Union chose three sectors to support and develop their capacity under this grant is education, human rights and sector management of state institutions, noting that the EU will focus in the granted on the development of cadres working in the areas of education and human rights and the development of human cadres working in state institutions.

The Keywords that the training courses organized by the European Union to develop Iraqi cadres will be in the inside and outside Iraq and will take into account the security aspect in the country, pointing out that the EU did not impose conditions for approval to give this grant, but the request from the Iraqi government to provide the proper environment in Iraq, particularly in respect of the security situation to implement training projects within the country.

The European Union signed a contract with Iraq in 2009 grants under which Iraq ten million six hundred thousand euros to develop capacity in several areas is to train cadres in the House of Representatives and support Iraq's ability to sign agreements of Foreign Affairs as well as for the processing of the Ministry of Interior of some equipment and supplies.

For his part, Director of Development Cooperation of the European Union mission to Iraq Iobst von CARE Khman in press statements that the union's grant of 42 million euros, aims to develop the education sector especially at the primary level, indicating that, under the grant will be equipped with about three thousand primary schools all school supplies as well as training cadres teaching. Kirkhman added that the grant will also develop the capacity of administrative staff working in various State institutions as well as supporting the human rights sector through the training of cadres working in this important sector, pointing out that the grant will be spent entirely on the sectors that will work.

Iraq has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Union in January of this year 2010 on the strategic partnership in the energy field in Baghdad has focused note on the development of energy policies on Iraq and enhance the security of supplies of Iraqi oil to the European Union as well as cooperation in the field of renewable energy.

Noted that many of the major sectors in Iraq, such as education and health still needs to be a major effort to improve the quality of services, especially after the statute of limitations most of the infrastructure to them, and despite the rise in the amounts allocated to these sectors in the public budget and get little progress in the level of services over the past five years However, it needs great efforts is the allocation of large sums of money to restore their lives fully to these sectors.

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27th December 2010

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan in Baghdad soon to discuss economic cooperation

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would visit Iraq in the next few months at the head of a high-level economic delegation in an effort to raise the level of economic relations and trade.

And move the location of Dar-Iraqi Erdogan in a ceremony honoring the establishment of a union contractors Turks saying he was sending Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu to Iraq very soon to prepare for the visit which will focus on investment opportunities in Iraq, especially in the southern regions. Without specifying the date of the visit ..

He look forward to receiving a share of the reconstruction projects in southern Iraq, so we will work to develop new measures to ensure we engage in these projects, explaining that in spite of the risks in Iraq because of security conditions, the economic situation there ready for a Turkish role effectively. Noting that it is possible to reach this goal if Takzna joint steps in Iraq ....

Erdogan's comments came with the convergence's great Turkish-Iraqi relations, especially on the political and economic levels strengthened in a number of agreements signed by countries in the last three years and aimed at cooperation in several areas of the most important economy, transportation, trade and agriculture.

Previously, Erdogan visited Iraq twice between 2008 and 2009, what was his impact in the payment of the Turkish-Iraqi relations and resolve many outstanding issues on the security and political.

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Economist: political conflicts in 2010 reflected the economic reality

MP and member of the Economic Commission last parliamentary Kanna that political conflicts in 2010 reflected the economic reality.

He said we were to told by news on Saturday that 2010 saw a major recession in the Iraqi economy, which impacted on development and economic investment.

We were clear that the political conflicts during the past year have affected the economic reality and reflected on the growth and development and investment, hoping to resolve differences and complete the consensus to be the year (2011) thriving economically and politically.

And we were the financial and administrative corruption impact negatively on the development of the Iraqi economy, calling for solutions to combat it, as well as activation of the legislation and resolutions that support the evolution and development of the country, particularly the legislation of laws to protect banks and also work on protection of investment and the consumer.

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Baghdad, Arbil host 12 international fairs in 2011

Twelve international fairs in different sectors will be held in Arbil and Baghdad as of February 2011, media director of Pyramids International Fairs said on Friday.

“Baghdad will host six fairs next year on the Baghdad International Fair as of mid February 2011 until next October,” Anwar al-Saad told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Arbil will receive also six fairs in reconstruction, technology, energy, oil and gas, electricity, Ceramics and cars sectors,” she added.

“The fairs will kick off next March until October 2011 on the Arbil International Fair,” she noted.

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29th December 2010

Deputy for the national agreement: to approve the 2011 budget mid-next month

The deputy of the Iraqi National Alliance, on Wednesday, that the political blocs agreed on the Adoption of the budget law in 2011 mid-next month.

Haidar al-Yasiri of Kurdistan News Agency (Rn) that "the political blocs agreed on the Adoption of the budget law in 2011 the middle of next month after the discussion away from technical and political objectives."

The House of Representatives postponed the first reading of the draft budget for 2011, after 72 deputies objection to the interim financial report of the Committee, containing some observations on income and the deficit and the financial allocations for some of the institutions and ministries.

Yasiri and that "two sets of the House of Representatives next planning to focus heavily on the discussion of budget law of 2011 and address the financial problems in it."

He Yasiri that "the Commission interim financial had many of the observations on the draft budget submitted by the Government and will be at the meetings of the House of Representatives allocated to read the observations of the budget."

The coalition and Kurdish blocs objected to the House of Representatives to discuss the first reading of the draft budget for 2011, and stipulated the formation of a vote by the Finance Committee.

And Iraq's cabinet approved the draft general budget for 2011 a deficit of $ 12 billion will be covered by the amounts retained from the previous year's budget and borrow internally and externally, between the expected income is estimated at 66.7 billion dollars, while expenditures amounted to 78.7 billion dollars, a shortfall of $ 12 billion.

The initial budget for Iraq in 2011 about 86 billion and $ 400 million, an increase of up to 14 billion dollars in the last budget.

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