Posts Tagged ‘france’

02/03/2013 20:21:00

Baghdad (NINA) – Foreign Undersecretary, Labeed Abbawi, stressed that Iraq seeks to develop its relations with Kuwait and it exerts efforts to remove obstacles and problems the aspiration of both countries. (more…)

Iraqi delegation in the Sub-Committee on searching for the missing Iraqis and Kuwaitis meets in Kuwait

01/10/2012 13:35

The Technical Committee on searching for the missing Iraqis and Kuwaitis meeting / 76 in Kuwait for the period from 16 to 19.09.2012 in the presence of members of the committee all countries (Iraq – Kuwait – America – Britain – France), under the supervision of the National Committee of the Red Cross, (more…)

Date: 2012-08-11 10: 32: 30 Saturday

Baghdad (News) … Economic analyst Ibrahim Al-Mashhadani called, to the need to pay attention to small and medium-sized enterprises through support of soft loans to it based on the economic development of the country.

He said Al-Mashhadani (News Agency news) on Saturday: most industrially developed countries and economically focused on SMEs and their particular ministries was founded as the fundamental building block of building the national economy and the Elimination of unemployment. (more…)

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Babinaoz – Adnan Abu Zaid: Council called on the Iraqi media Kuwait, Wednesday, to the establishment of an observatory to monitor the media what is published in the media about the Kuwaiti-Iraqi relations. (more…)

Baghdad (News) … The Ministry said Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Gunn received a promise from the French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to find a solution to the problem of frozen Iraqi funds in France.

In a statement on Friday received (News Agency news) a copy of: the Minister Zebari met with the French Minister in Paris, bilateral relations and the political and security situation in Iraq and prospects for the future. (more…)

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Detection Sadrist spokesman Salah al-Obeidi, Saturday, the readiness of France, China and Russia to train Iraqi forces instead of U.S. experts, emphasizing pursuit of its leader, Moqtada al-Sadr to search for a replacement for the Americans.

He said al-Obeidi told “AFP” that “there are a lot of countries consider the U.S. occupation of Iraq as the main cause of delay (to provide) assistance to Iraq and progress in any step toward Iraq, both in age and arming the soldiers and give the experience.”

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The head of the parliamentary Finance Committee, Haider Abadi, that with the deletion of zeros from the Iraqi currency as an important and necessary condition that the actions to be associated with a sound and correct.

Predicted told all of Iraq [where] that “the start of the new currency to replace the beginning of 2012, wondering whether enough time remaining to the procedures associated with currency exchange, or will be extended period of time longer.”

Abadi said that “a number of precautionary measures have been discussed with the Central Bank because the replacement process be successful and correct.”

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–It’s appropriate the Group of Seven is meeting in France. It should make it easier for some G-7 officials to partake of some cheese with their whine.

Europe’s debt crisis is roiling markets worldwide, prompting traders to jettison the euro. The squall buffeting the global economy has sent investors in desperate search for safe harbors. The dollar’s no longer the automatic destination for worriers, thanks to a weak U.S. economy and ultra-accomodative monetary policy.

The ensuing hunt for the next best refuge is making the G-7 meeting in Marseille an uncomfortable affair. Canada and Norway are both faulting Switzerland’s dramatic move to bring the franc, the safe haven of choice until the Swiss National Bank imposed a ceiling on Tuesday, to heel.

In an audacious bout of the pot calling the kettle black, Japan is demanding South Korea stop deliberately weakening the won–mere weeks after the Bank of Japan intervened to undercut the yen’s record strength.

Read More:  http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110909-713009.html

 

By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, August 26, 6:40 AM

BEIJING — France and China have agreed to discuss how to work toward easing Beijing’s controversial currency controls and making its yuan freely traded, the French finance minister said Friday.

The two governments agreed during a visit this week by President Nicolas Sarkozy to Beijing to work on the issue ahead of a Nov. 20 meeting in France of the Group of 20 major developed and emerging economies, Francois Baroin told reporters.

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French Ambassador to Iraq, Danny is25/07/2011 17:12

Najaf, July 25, 2011 (AKnews) – confirms the French ambassador to Iraq, Denis Gauer said his country believes that Iraq has elements of several assisted in building a good economy, noting that France hopes to find Iraq’s position in the world, because everyone needs to Iraq refreshed Acasadia and quiet in the system the new Arab and stresses through the board Goyer following interview conducted by the correspondent and news agency Kurdistan (Rn) in Najaf, that his country is ready to help Iraq out of Chapter VII and assist in the rebuilding and reconstruction:

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Growing stability in Iraq has inspired a burst of foreign investment, though eight years after the U.S. invasion — you know, the one the Bush administration launched to exploit Iraq’s oil and other resources — the United States remains a bit player, even trailing France. No irony there.

USA Today reported last week that foreign investment in Iraq is on track to double in 2011. The paper cited a report by Dunia Frontier Consultants that said Iraq attracted $45.6 billion in foreign investment in the first half of the year — about $3 billion more than all of 2010.

And at a recent World Bank forum, business leaders agreed that Iraq, having reached a level of political stability, is poised to emerge a business leader in the region. One expert called Iraq “the most exciting investment opportunity in the Middle East right now.”

Read More:  http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/editorials/view/2011_0724iraq_investment_beckons/

BAGHDAD | Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:46pm EDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq will open accounts at three European central banks to protect oil revenue from claims by commercial creditors when immunity at the U.S. Federal Reserve runs out, a senior central bank official said on Monday.

Iraq holds the bulk of proceeds from its oil export sales in the Development Fund of Iraq (DFI) account at the New York Fed but will lose legal immunity on that account next May.

It plans to move at least part of that money to central banks in Britain, France and the Netherlands where the money would be protected.

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Economic Commission coordinate between the company (Edvaiza) and the Central Bank to develop a mechanism to finance projects

Baghdad (news) .. trying to economic and investment commission to provide a parliamentary meeting between the company (Edvaiza) and the Swiss central bank governor to develop a mechanism to fund strategic projects and ensure the government.

A member of the Committee of Economy and Investment and parliamentary deputy / National Alliance / Amer al-Fayez told the reporter Agency (news) said Wednesday: “We met a number of foreign delegations including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the World Bank and the company (Edvaiza) Swiss, which includes a group of banks from the U.S., Canada and Switzerland and France to provide a meeting between them and the Governor of the Central Bank in order to develop a mechanism to fund strategic projects and to ensure a government, pointing out that we have achieved a meeting with Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri. “ (more…)

By Khalid Qayum and David Yong – Jun 28, 2011

Asian currencies advanced, led by Malaysia’s ringgit and South Korea’s won, on optimism Greece’s creditors will agree to extend the nation’s debt maturities.

The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index of regional stocks gained before Greek lawmakers vote tomorrow on budget cuts and asset sales needed to get future financing. France is working on a plan to roll over 70 percent of Greece’s debt, President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday. Taiwan will raise borrowing costs this week and South Korean inflation accelerated in June, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg.

Read More:  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-28/asian-currencies-gain-led-by-won-as-greek-concerns-ease-on-roll-over.html

25/06/2011

New President Jalal Talabani, Iraq’s desire to consolidate the prospects of joint cooperation with the countries of the world to promote common interests.

The presidential statement, Talabani was received yesterday the credentials of new ambassadors to France a religious Gower, India Suresh Reddy to Radisav Petrovic, Serbia, in the presence of Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and President of the Office of the Presidency of the Republic Naseer al-Ani.

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30/05/2011 12:57

The Prime Minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki on Monday, a written message from his French counterpart Francois Fillon included an invitation to visit Paris. According to a statement from Maliki’s office got news agency future (and with) a copy of it:

“The al-Maliki received a French delegation comprising representatives from the Ministry of Defence as well as number of representatives of French arms companies. ” The statement quoted Maliki as saying: “The doors are open to All French companies to enter Iraq and to participate in the process of construction and reconstruction, “stressing the need to expand bilateral cooperation between Iraq and France in all fields, particularly industrial and military.

For his part, the French delegation hoped to exert maximum efforts in order to work in Iraq and participate in the process of construction and reconstruction, stressing the French government’s keenness to promote bilateral relations.

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The French Ambassador in Iraq, Issa-Malo, France, that the government is confident of a promising future awaits Iraq nation and its people despite the hardships faced by the firm and the determination of the Iraqi people.

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Group of Twenty discuss coordination on 3 issues: price stability and financial system reform and crises

Began yesterday at the Paris meetings of finance ministers Group of Twenty, chaired by France this year, and discussions will focus over two days, the actions contribute to the reform of the global financial system, the stability of prices of raw materials and basic, and the form of coordination between the countries to avoid any crisis in the future.

The source of high-level French for the  yesterday that the discussions between the ministers of finance and governors of central banks in Member States of the Group of Twenty centered around three basic themes, the first reform of the global financial system which is witnessing an imbalance not to enter the currencies of emerging such as the Chinese yuan in the system, note that the dollar remains the dominant currency.

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