The United States plans to retain more than 700 American forces in Iraq after the US withdrawal from the country by the end of December 2011.
According to Iraqi officials, Baghdad had reached an agreement with Washington to allow 740 so-called US trainers stay in the country after the December withdrawal deadline, Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper reported on its website on Wednesday.
The Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance will organize in Geneva a seminar at the end of the first quarter of 2012 on the economics of the relationship between exchange rates and trade – especially the impact of the one on the other, said Working Group Chair Martin Glass of Hong Kong, China. He said that the issue of existing WTO rules and currencies will not be taken up at this seminar.
The two-day seminar will have four sessions dealing with the different dimensions of the topic, with participation from the private sector, governments, international agencies and academia. (more…)
Baghdad, November 25 (Rn) – A number of economists that the withdrawal of U.S. troops will not support the implementation of investment projects in Iraq, stressing the need for Iraq to make changes to the investment law.
He said economic expert and director of the Center on the Iraqi market Ke Ji told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq will not affect the subject of the entry of investment projects to the country.”
“The problem of attracting international companies to work in Iraq concerning the legal and administrative procedures for the registration of international companies to work in Iraq,” noting that U.S. forces “did not interfere with projects Iraq since formed the former Iraqi government, where he became the investment portfolio, however, Baghdad.” (more…)
Baghdad / babysit – House of Representatives held on Thursday its third chapter of the second legislative year of the second legislative headed by Osama Najafi and the attendance of 236 deputies.
A parliamentary source said that “the House of Representatives held today its third legislative term of the second year the second legislative headed by Osama Najafi and the attendance of 236 deputies,” noting that “the agenda for the meeting includes a vote on a resolution submitted by the Legal Committee on the American withdrawal from the country, and voting in principle the draft Code of Criminal Procedure, the military, “and also includes a vote on the bill monthly grant of immune deficiency, and a draft legal and Ministries of Trade and Industry and Minerals,” and vote on the law of the first amendment of the tariff law No. (22) for the year 2010. ” (more…)
Baghdad, November 25 (Rn) – A spokesman for the Office of the Adjutant General of the Armed Forces, Major General Qassim Atta Friday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered construction of the “security fence” around Baghdad early next year in an attempt to prevent the sequence of the gunmen.
The move comes at a time when U.S. forces withdraw from Iraq after eight years of reliable in maintaining security.
Iraqi officials are seeking to tighten their grip on Baghdad, which is subject to a real test on their readiness for the U.S. withdrawal. (more…)
Basra, November 25 (Rn) – built on the land of the port stronghold in the province of Basra Friday the international exhibition of oil and gas with the participation of 450 local and foreign, is, according to official information exhibition.
Said Anwar Al-Saad, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that “the conference and exhibition Basra International Oil and Gas Exhibition was launched on the land in the port of Basra International stronghold which lasts for four days, organized by company Beramides for the establishment of international exhibitions.”
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Baghdad (news) .. Confirmed member of a coalition of state law and MP / National Alliance / Yasser Yasiri, that al-Maliki will present a number of names of ministers and governors Almtlkin their work to change them early next year, particularly after the U.S. withdrawal.
Yasiri said in a statement (for the Agency news) Friday: There is a lot of reservations on a number of Ministers, through field visits for us to state institutions and also to a number of conservatives, and continued: If he wants Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki government’s success must be the names of the ministries and governors to change them so that they can for the next phase dam breaches. (more…)
