Archive for February 4, 2012

Nine leaders of the Arab countries will participate in the Baghdad summit

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Posted 04/02/2012 08:11 AM

Informed sources said more than 9 Arab countries will take part in the Arab Summit to be held in Baghdad at the end next March, delegations of very high-level leaders of the states and 5 countries at the level of Heads of Government or the Vice President, while not decide the remaining countries the size of participating so far.

According to Al-Sabah said the sources, “Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, UAE, Kuwait, Sudan, Comoros, Palestine and Mauritania made ​​a decision to participate in the summit.” (more…)

Washington Post: America did not actually pull out of Iraq and continues to play a political role there

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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2012-02-04 14:10:27

Considered the Washington Post that Washington did not withdraw physically with Iraq, despite the withdrawal of its military forces completely from there, but replaced its military presence a political role are still practiced.

The newspaper said that the best can be described by the position of America from Iraq Amid the chaos rising now at the end of the year 2011 is that the United States was transformed from an occupied military to a mediator between the factions of Iraqi political rival, which, although a role is less expensive but it is still an adventure disappointing. (more…)

Economists call a project to reform the banking system

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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04/02/2012

A number of economists and bankers draft to reform the banking system and the establishment of the high bank in Iraq.

They discussed at a seminar house MP Ahmed Chalabi attended by “the gate of Iraq” on Thursday and paper work included the establishment of the bank senior mission overseeing the banking supervision, and help banks to implement Basel 2, and the development of methods of control depending on the methods of control of the Central Bank and the offices of the accounting audit and finance, and improve methods of internal control in banks by focusing on highlighting the importance of monitoring capital adequacy and adherence to the provision of international standards. (more…)

Parliament will reconvene next Monday after completing the first reading of five of the bills

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 17:14

House of Representatives lifted its eighteen normal to the day after tomorrow, next Monday after reading a number of bills listed on the agenda.

A statement by the information department of the Council of Representatives received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it on Saturday that “House Speaker Osama al adjournment of the Parliament today to next Monday after the Council ended read five of the bills and the presence of [181] vice.” (more…)

Iraqi List announces road-map agreement with PM Maliki to settle political crisis

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines

2/4/2012

A leading member in al-Iraqiya Bloc, chaired by Iyad Allawi, has announced on Saturday that his Bloc reached an agreement with Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, to draw a Road-Map on the way to settle the current political crisis in Iraq, according to the London-based al-Sharq al-Awsat (Middle East) Newspaper, ”Al-Iraqiya Bloc has achieved what may be called as a “Road Map,” to settle the current crisis with Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki,” Hamza al-Gartany said, pointing out at the same time for the “the suspension by al-Iraqiya’s ministers to attend the Cabinet’s meetings, pending its final decision to be taken by the Bloc”.

“A recent meeting with 3 al-Iraqiya Blo’s members with PM Maliki, had taken place according to an approval by the Bloc,during which the ministers have discussed with PM Maliki to resume carrying out their duties and report to their ministries,” Gartany, a Parliament Legislature for al-Iraqiya Bloc said. (more…)

Iraqi parliament ends today reading several laws; Including introduction of Kurdish language which will be applied on new currency notes

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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Parliament end the first and second reading for (11) bill

Saturday 02/04/2012 16:02

Ended the House of Representatives in the morning session which was chaired by Najafi, and the presence of (210) vice reading for the first and second (11) law, including the law of the official language.

A parliamentary source (of the Agency news) on Saturday: The House of Representatives ended in its eighteen years, attended by (210) and vice chaired by Osama Najafi first and second reading of some important laws. (more…)

CBI denies stopping the selling of hard currency

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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04/02/2012 17:32

Baghdad, February 4 (Rn) – Iraqi Central Bank denied Saturday to reports by some media-borne officials of local firms to banking it off the sale of hard currency as a measure to protect the Iraqi economy by what exposed region of the political crisis. Indicating that global action is taken to determine the beneficiaries.

And saw the price of the dollar compared to a rise in local currency during the past few days, which officials attributed to a local banking companies, the central bank to stop sales of hard currency. (more…)

CBI refuses to stop the auction sale of currency; Says no means to stop the auctions

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraq: Chapter VII, Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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Strong demand for the dollar in Iran

03.02.2012

Market has seen the currency in Iraq last month, troubled as a result of the surge in demand for foreign currencies, especially the dollar, which pride Iraqi bodies related to the procurement wide by some neighboring countries, especially Iran, which suffer from the pressure of international sanctions on its economy, in addition to Syria, which suffer disorders of local and wide.

This has led the turmoil Economic Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives to call on the central bank officially stop its daily auction to sell the currency, until the issuance of instructions that specify the entities that are entitled to deal with hard currency, to ensure that leaked out of Iraq in accordance with said committee chairman Dr Ahmed Al-Alwani. (more…)

CBI supports the exemption from the implementation of sanctions imposed on Iran; Says it would hurt Iraq economically while under CH VII

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraq: Chapter VII, Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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Baghdad, February 4 (Rn) – The Central Bank of Iraq, Saturday, that Iraq can not join the international community in implementing the terms of international economic sanctions imposed on Iran because it will have a negative impact on the Iraqi economy, which remains under Chapter VII.

And signed the U.S. government in December last December a law imposing sanctions on financial institutions that deal with the Central Bank of Iran’s main conduit for Iran’s oil revenues, while also the European Union announced a ban on shipments of Iranian oil to be implemented starting from July next. (more…)

GOI: We will ask the United States sanctions, Iraq is excluded from Iran

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraq: Chapter VII, Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines

the Iraqi government announced on Friday it would ask its counterpart U.S. Iraq is excluded from sanctions Iran as it did with Japan, as shown that the American decision to allow nations to certain exemption from the sanctions, confirmed that Iraq will be affected by the application of the ban.

spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “Iraq’s imports from Iran, large amounts of electricity and oil derivatives, in addition to Iranian goods that cover the market, where the volume of trade exchange between the two countries up to 10 billion dinars,” noting that “Iraq would ask the United States during the coming period, excluded from sanctions Iran as it did with Japan. ” (more…)

Iraqi politicians ask Maliki to include Mubarak Port in Kuwait negotiation; Kuwait agrees to talks only if the port stays off the table

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraq: Chapter VII, Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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Table visit of Prime Minister of Kuwait is free from the port of Mubarak

On: Saturday 02/04/2012 10:20

Baghdad suggested that the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Kuwait after the formation of the government there, is that the agenda during the visit of Mubarak to discuss the port of Kuwait, while the virtue called parliamentary bloc, al-Maliki to include the issue of port Mubarak in the table his upcoming visit to Kuwait, as confirmed that the delay built Mina FAO Iraqi easy access to the port of Kuwait, Mubarak to advanced stages.

The Kuwaiti government has confirmed earlier, its willingness to accept Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, provided you do not put on the table port Mubarak discussions. (more…)

White calls for the government not to “swap” file Mubarak, Kuwait’s port on the file of compensation Iraq

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraq: Chapter VII, Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 08:44

White parliamentary bloc demanded the government not to file swap file of the Kuwaiti port of Mubarak compensation to Iraq.

The spokeswoman said the name of the cluster high-Nassif, in a statement received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of “the government must avoid falling into the trap of swap file port Mubarak Kuwait file compensation imposed unjustly on the Iraqi people because of the invasion of the former regime of Kuwait, as it is not permitted to give up from one of our rights against the silence on the other right. ” (more…)

Iraq List announces the nomination of others for the defense minister portfolio

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines

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The Iraqi List, has announced its readiness to provide new candidates for the position of Secretary of Defense in order to resolve the file security ministries.

The MP said the Iraqi List, Ahmed electrodes “We have earlier in a number of candidates for the post of Defense Minister arrived in numbers to approximately (15) candidates.” Asserting that “the Iraqi List, is ready to provide new candidates to fill the position of the owners of the efficiency and the ability to fill in this portfolio.” (more…)

Kuwaiti Information Minister: The problem between Kuwait and Iraq is not the Port of Mubarak; Its people who discourage our good relations

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraq: Chapter VII, Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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Information Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah that “the problem between Iraq and Kuwait does not lie in the port project Mubarak, but it lies in that there are parties do not wish the best for the two brotherly countries.”

He said Ali told a news briefing on Saturday that “a lot of Iraqis understand that Port Mubarak will be held on the land of Kuwait and will serve the two countries, noting that” the State of Kuwait to deal with Iraq as a sister and a neighbor with which we have association rates as we wish her all the best development for the welfare of the Iraqi people. ” (more…)

Critical of the economic weakness of the parliamentary government support to domestic banks

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

Baghdad, February 4 (Rn) – criticized the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives, Saturday, the Iraqi government and the government banks to non-cooperation with private banks, including their support before it opens the way for the introduction of foreign companies wishing to invest in the country.

And underline the largest two banks owned by the state and are the Rasheed Bank and Rafidain Bank on the banking system in Iraq, as it depends government institutions and private sector institutions on these two banks in financial transactions by 85%. (more…)

Iraq List received messages reveal a “positive” from al-Maliki to resolve the differences

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines

Baghdad, February 4 (Rn) – The Iraqi List led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Saturday, announced that it has received positive messages from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki include earnest resolve the outstanding issues, particularly the application of agreements Arbil, partnership and balance in addition to the guarantees of the formation of the Council of strategic policies.

Has escalated the crisis between the coalition and Iraqi rule of law against the backdrop of the judiciary to issue an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi for his support of “terrorism”, is regarded as false accusations Hashemi and confessions made by the protected elements of the “fabricated”. (more…)

Iraqi parliament is required to submit final accounts for the years prior to the approval of the budget in 2012

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

Baghdad, February 4 (Rn) – According to the Parliamentary Finance Committee, said on Saturday that the Iraqi parliament will not ratify the 2012 budget only after the send accounts for the years (2004-2010).

Said committee member Najiba Najib told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) announced today that “the House of Representatives agreed not to pass the budget only after the Iraqi government’s progress between the accounts of the past (2004-2010) has told the government an official letter on this matter to the Office of the Prime Minister.” (more…)

Economic Commission deputy: investment needs proper ground free of obstacles

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

On: Saturday 02/04/2012 8:50

Baghdad (news) .. Proposed by the Economic Commission deputy / coalition in Iraq / Nora Salem create a bank shareholder, involving local and foreign banks to facilitate the work of investment in Iraq.

said Salem (of the Agency news) on Saturday: The investment process needs to sentences of the facilities and remove all the obstacles in front of the investors to attract them to the country and the creation of land suitable for the investment in it. (more…)

Iraq parliament convenes today

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

Baghdad (news) .. starts with the House of Representatives on Saturday in its 18-year legislative term second Balqratin the first and the second for a number of draft laws.

A source in the information department in a statement (of the Agency news) on Saturday: The House of Representatives will begin at today’s meeting the first reading to draft laws join the Republic of Iraq to the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and the ownership of the documents bearing aliases for the displaced, migrants and overturn the Revolutionary Command Council (degenerate) No. 196 of 1999. (more…)

The Kurdistan region signed an agreement with the United Nations for the implementation of three development projects

Posted: February 4, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics

On: Saturday 02/04/2012 10:52

Baghdad (news) .. The Minister of Planning of Kurdistan Ali Sindi and the Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to Iraq McNab agreement with the United Nations to implement three projects in the field of capacity development of the region.

Al-Sindi said in a statement received by the Agency (news) a copy of it on Saturday: that the ministry signed an agreement with the United Nations to implement three projects in the field of capacity development region with regard to end the second phase of the project to improve housing services in Erbil provided by the Government of the Territory, “pointing out that” the cost of the projects included in the agreement of (4.5) million. (more…)