The Currency Newshound

Trade exchange between Washington and Baghdad estimated at around 15 billion Dollars per year

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 17:19 GMT

Iraqi embassy in the US announced, on Tuesday, that the trade exchange rate between Iraq and the US is estimated at around 15 billion Dollars per year. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, who is currently in Washington, will participate in the Chamber of Commerce seminar in the presence of more than 250 Iraqi and US businessmen, Iraqi embassy declared adding that Maliki will meet World Bank governor. (more…)

Baghdad (news) .. Called adviser Iraqi List, Hani Ashur to intensify and increase the efforts of the UN role in Iraq rather than the quota increased the U.S. in it.

Ashour said in a statement received by the Agency (news) a copy of it on Wednesday to intensify efforts of the United Nations in Iraq through its various programs, can be much better than the quota increased the U.S. in Iraq under various headings.

Ashour went that Iraq still needs the expertise of the international organization in the fields of economy, health, environment, agriculture, education, reconstruction and human rights, to ensure reconstruction better and also ensures stability, instead of increasing the presence the U.S. under different banners. (more…)

PUKmedia 14-12-2011 12:41:39

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is marking the end of the Iraq war with a tribute to the troops who fought and died in a conflict he opposed from the start.

Accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, the president was traveling Wednesday to Fort Bragg in North Carolina to address service members and their families as he brings the war to a close.

At a base that’s seen more than 200 deaths over nearly nine years of fighting in Iraq, Obama was to highlight the human side of the war, reflecting on the bravery and sacrifices of U.S. forces now on their way back home. (more…)

confirmed for the economy and investment representative, on Tuesday, it will consider the deletion of zeros from the Iraqi currency, noting that the Governor of the Central Bank and economic experts have made ​​several proposals in this regard. A member of the Sheriff Aziz said in a statement received Mayahi term, a copy of it,

The “Committee for Economy and Investment hosted, today, Governor, Central Bank of Iraq with a number of economic experts,” noting that “the two sides discussed the issue of deletion of zeros from the Iraqi currency.”

He Mayahi that “the Commission listened to a detailed explanation by the delegation on the issue of deletion of zeros” He pointed out that “the Commission will consider proposals for the delegation to that effect to the purpose to reach the appropriate decision in the interest of the Iraqi people.” (more…)

Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, said that progress was possible in the settlement of the issue of missing Kuwaitis and the issue of missing Kuwaiti property, a proposal to extend the period of financial funding for the delegation of the Special Coordinator of the United Nations Gennady Tarasov, on these issues six months.

According to a report that, which was read last night before the Security Council “in the light of the progress possible in the future, I propose to extend the UN Security Council mandate for the Coordinator until June 30 in 2012 to build on the momentum towards the implementation of Security Council resolution relevant. ” (more…)

Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Iraq
Press Release No. 11/465
December 13, 2011

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement after a meeting with H.E. Nouri Al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq in Washington today:

“It was a pleasure to meet Prime Minister Al-Maliki today. Over the past several years, Iraq and the International Monetary Fund have engaged in a very successful partnership, anchored by successive IMF-supported economic programs. This partnership has facilitated substantial debt relief and helped achieve macroeconomic stability, including a strong dinar, low inflation, and a resumption of economic growth, in a very challenging political and security environment. (more…)

Nassif, calling on the government states discussed in the Security Council to appeal the decision of the demarcation of the border with Kuwait

The vice of high-mass white Nassif Iraqi government search of the permanent Security Council members to challenge the decision (833) on the demarcation of the border with Kuwait. (more…)

Scheduled to arrive and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to the capital, Baghdad, on Wednesday on an unannounced visit.

A member of the Commission on Security and Defence parliamentary Chuan Mohamed Taha said that “Panetta will discuss with Iraqi officials the full U.S. withdrawal from the country.”

He added that “the U.S. Secretary of Defense will also take part in the ceremony will be held on Thursday in the capital, Baghdad, on the occasion of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country.”

The visit of U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, the second to Iraq since taking office early last July, after his first visit to the tenth of the same month.

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BAGHDAD (Iba) .. Arrived in Baghdad today, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to hold talks with senior Iraqi officials about the post-withdrawal and participation in the last U.S. troops leave the country.

The calls for Iraq had been launched to increase the representation substitutes for the U.S. to intensify the role of the United Nations in Iraq on the grounds that such an increase would allow third parties to maintain its intervention in Iraq under the pretext that the U.S. presence also will make the broad wishes of the American government hostage. (more…)