Posts Tagged ‘Qatar’

WTO Arab Consultation Forum opens in Amman

Posted: February 11, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Under the Patronage of HM King Abdullah II, the Arab Consultation Forum organized by the Economic Policy Development Forum (EPDF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) opens its doors tomorrow at Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Forum.

Deputizing for the King, HE Mr. Hatem Halawani, Jordan’s Minister of Industry and Trade will inaugurate the Forum which will witness the participation of Arab governmental delegations representing economic and business sectors, ministers, experts in trade and industry, finance and planning, chambers of commerce, central banks and economic organizations and businessmen, as well as representatives of the Arab countries in the World Trade Organization.. (more…)

Maliki calls on Arab axis to counter protestors

Posted: February 10, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Maliki refuge in Saudi Arabia and calls for the formation of a coalition Iraqi – Iranian Kuwait – Saudi to counter neo-Ottoman and Qatar!!
Date: Sunday 02/10/2013 09:16 AM

Attacked Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki what he called the country Turkish role in the recent protests taking place in Iraq, hinting at his desire to hunker Arab axis includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan and the Arab states from Morocco, in addition to Iraq. (more…)

al-Saadi on ISX: cash chunky block will enter the Iraqi market soon revive the economy

Posted: January 23, 2013 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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23/01/2013 12:00 am

Reviewing the prospects for 2013

said a specialist on the importance of expanding capital markets in the inclusion of joint stock companies in the Iraqi market for securities because of this trend of big positives on the Iraqi economy, where to invest new money in the stock market as well for that part of it will employ to serve the economy in other aspects of the investment, pointing to the importance of the initiative of companies on its shares in the local bourse. (more…)

World Organization for transparency: Iraq is the fourth Arab country to arrange financial corruption index

Posted: December 7, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Date: 2012/12/07 15: 54: 30 Friday

Baghdad (newsletter) … FAO global transparency index corruption for 2012 for 176 countries across the world, including 10 Arab countries occupied outposts among the most corrupt countries.

Somalia has been the bottom of the list where it had languished at no. 174, with 8 degrees only, that is the world’s most corrupt followed by Sudan, which ranked 173, globally and regionally, as more States second havoc, followed by Iraq, stationing in the fourth Arab order. (more…)

Economist: Iraq’s GDP estimated $127 billion

Posted: October 18, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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10/18/2012 12:00 am

BAGHDAD – morning
criticized economic expert on behalf of Jamil Antoine, state policy economic which made ​​Iraq ranked (11) Arab hand capita income, compared to the possibility of Iraq’s economic and achieve the imports of annual financial.

was an international report had confirmed that Iraq solution in place (11 ) Arab gross domestic product per capita, while dissolved Qatar ranked first level up to 97.967 (USD). (more…)

Iraq participates in the discussion of the restructuring of the Arab League

Posted: September 15, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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15/09/2012 16:16

Cairo 15 September / (AKnews) – Iraq’s representative to the Arab League Qais Al-Azzawi, on Saturday, he will participate in the discussions of the development of the Arab League and restructuring in accordance with the vision of the future of the joint Arab action scheduled for Sunday. (more…)

Saturday the first day of Ramadan; Holiday will last for one month

Posted: July 20, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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2012-07-19 22:41:51

BAGHDAD (Iba) .. Sunni Endowment announced that on Friday will be a complement for the month of August, and will be on Saturday the first day of the month of Ramadan. (more…)

Iraqi economy, the highest growth among the Arab economies during the year 2012

Posted: May 14, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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I expected, “the Arab Organization for Investment Guarantee and Export Credit,” the Arab GDP growth during the current year by $ 110 billion, to two billion and 380 billion dollars. (more…)

International banks seeking to invest in Iraq

Posted: April 28, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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28/04/2012 0:00

BAGHDAD – Al Sabah
said Director of the Association of private banks Abdul Aziz Hassoun, the Bank of Qatar will contribute to the capital of Al-Mansour Bank and the National is not involved with him, indicating he would help Al-Mansour Bank to perform transactions Foreign Kalhawwalat and instruments. (more…)

Video: Iraq speaks at UN Conference on Trade and Development, WTO membership

Posted: April 27, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Iraq, UNCTAD XIII, General debate
25 April 2012
Iraq Comments on Trade, Investment, and WTO Membership

Statement by the Representative of Iraq at the General debate of the Thirteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII ) (Doha, Qatar 21-26 April 2012) (more…)

Director of private banks: negotiations for a global partnership with the Iraqi banks with their own money and banking duties

Posted: April 27, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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27-04-2012

Said Director of the Association of private banks Abdul Aziz Hassoun, the country that the bank will contribute to the capital of Al-Mansour Al-Ahli Bank is not involved with him, indicating he would help the bank to perform transactions Mansour Foreign Kalhawwalat and instruments.

The Bank of Qatar has obtained the approval of the Central Bank of Iraq to buy half shares of Ahli Bank, Al-Mansour. (more…)

Iraq shows his map of investment through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Posted: April 25, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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04/25/2012

Baghdad: JD Department of Commerce announced in a statement broadcast by Information Office of the Deputy Minister Walid al-Habib al-Musawi delegation was led by the Iraqi Technical Co in the activities of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Alanoctad) thirteenth, which is currently being held in the Qatari capital Doha for the period from 21 to 26 of this month.

The delegation includes representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Industry and Minerals as well as a representative of the Central Bank and National Investment Commission as well as private sector representatives from the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and the Federation of Iraqi Industries. (more…)

Morshedi: direct meeting between Allawi and Maliki will solve all the complexities

Posted: April 14, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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2012-04-13 19:46:42
BAGHDAD (Iba) .. UN Secretary-General to collect the new Iraq and allied forces Amer Morshedi existing Iraqi President Iyad Allawi, to listen to the owners and know the reasons for his refusal to implement some of the terms of Arbil, as Maliki’s request to listen to Allawi and listen to his point of view, expressing his belief that the meeting between the two men will be resolved through which all the complexities and will come out of Iraq will come out victorious, and the two men raising the slogan of victory, then there really would be a security and stability of economic and service building, construction and reconstruction (more…)

GCC oil and gas reserves worth $65 trillion

Posted: March 31, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Published: Mar 11, 2012 23:41 Updated: Mar 14, 2012 20:01

DOHA: The GCC’s hydrocarbon reserves are estimated to be worth around $65 trillion at current export prices, based on new analysis from QNB Capital. This is almost a third of the $200 trillion value of world oil and gas reserves.

To put $65 trillion in context, it is equivalent to 47 times the GCC’s estimated GDP in 2011, or 93 percent of global GDP. It is also 125 times the estimated $521 billion that the region’s governments received in oil and gas revenue during 2011. (more…)

GCC rejects a proposed 14 names for a single currency

Posted: March 10, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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March 10, 2012
The new name is expected to be the share of one of the currencies of countries participating in the unit

Expected to deal a single Gulf currency in 2015

Objected to the GCC countries participating in monetary union project on the 14 names proposed for a single currency, which is expected to be stable on its name and categories and processes to print the middle of next year, and is expected to deal with the year 2015, as confirmed by a source in the General Secretariat of the GCC countries. (more…)

Falh: Iraq is willing to pay financial compensation to Saudi Arabia for oil pipeline

Posted: March 9, 2012 in Iraq: Chapter VII, Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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On: Friday 03/09/2012 12:26

Baghdad (news) .. According to a member State of Law Coalition MP / National Alliance / Ali Falh that the sources of oil pipeline by Saudi Arabia could be resolved even if it is through financial demands.

said Falh (of the Agency news) Friday: The issue of confiscation of the pipeline oil need to be a joint dialogue between the two countries because it can not be the subject through the one-sided. (more…)

Forbes magazine: Kuwait among the richest countries in the world

Posted: February 25, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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24/02/2012

Kuwait came in Forbes magazine’s list of America’s richest countries in the world, ranked 15. When dissolved in Qatar in the first place worldwide, and the United Arab Emirates on the sixth of the world .

said «Forbes»: The classification of these rich countries was in accordance with each individual share of gross domestic product (GDP), and amended according to the purchasing power of about 182 countries. (more…)

Qatar and Kuwait confirmed for Arab summit in Baghdad

Posted: February 12, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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BAGHDAD, Feb.12 (AKnews) – Qatar and Kuwait have pledged to attend the upcoming Arab summit in Baghdad on March 29, said an Iraqi government adviser.

Mariam al-Rayes of the prime minister’s office said Qatar and Kuwait informed the Iraqi government that they will attend the summit. (more…)

Hussein Resan: We recommend that all the political blocs dissolve their differences before the Arab summit in Baghdad

Posted: February 11, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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2012-02-11 12:15:23

BAGHDAD (Iba) .. A member of the House of Representatives on the mass of the Liberal MP Abdul-Hussein Resan that the Arab summit to be held in Baghdad at the end of next month to serve Iraq and significantly in all levels, whether political, economic, or security.

And Resan in his press office told him that the political blocs in Iraq must come out clear and unified position, and melt their differences before the summit (more…)

Meeting of the Arab League to prepare for the economic profile of the Arab summit scheduled in Baghdad

Posted: February 9, 2012 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics, Top Headlines
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07/02/2012

Started today at the League of Arab States of the regular session (89) of the Economic Commission arising from the Economic and Social Council Arab headed to Lebanon to replace the State of Qatar, in preparation for the cycle (89) of the Economic and Social Council, which begins its work at the ministerial level on Thursday in Cairo .

The head of the interest Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Economics Lebanese owner of Asi Chairman of the meeting in a statement that the participants are looking for two days to prepare for the file Economic and Social Council, which will be presented to the Arab Summit in regular session (23) in Baghdad in March as well as preparations for the summit of the Arab economic and social development to be held in Riyadh early next year and follow up the implementation of the resolutions of the Economic Summits earlier . (more…)

Reuters: Subsea cable network to upgrade Iraq links to GCC

Posted: November 28, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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* 13,000 km subsea cable network to link GCC with Iraq, Iran, India and Europe
* $500 mln invested thus far, expansion into Singapore planned
* Shareholders include regional sovereign wealth funds QIA and KIA

DOHA, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Qatar-based Gulf Bridge International (GBI) is completing the final stages of a submarine cable network that will give Iraq fast, reliable connections to other parts of the world for the first time, the network’s operator said on Monday. (more…)

FM Zebari: Maliki has accepted an invitation to visit Kuwait and will discuss all outstanding issues

Posted: November 26, 2011 in Iraq: Chapter VII, Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Saturday November 26, 2011

Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Saturday that his ministry will provide all required support and will work to urge States, officials and prominent Arab and Islamic countries to attend the Festival of Najaf, the capital of Islamic culture, “revealing that” Iraq has received a formal response from Qatar that it will participate in the festival through Qatari Minister of Culture and the official delegation. “

Zebari said at a news conference held in the province of Najaf today that “the objective of the visit is to see the preparations for the province to the activities of the project Najaf, the capital of Culture for 2012, and coordination with the High Commission to provide the support required by the ministry,” describing the work in the projects, the capital of culture as “a major achievement. “. (more…)

Research and Markets: Middle East Power Market Analysis to 2030

Posted: September 23, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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DUBLIN — Research and Markets  has announced the addition of GlobalData’s new report “Middle East Power Market Analysis to 2030 – Strategic Analysis from IPP and EPC Perspective, Investment and Regulatory Scenario, Competitive Landscape, Technical Consultant Analysis” to their offering.

Middle East Power Market Analysis to 2030 – Strategic Analysis from IPP and EPC Perspective, Investment and Regulatory Scenario, Competitive Landscape, Technical Consultant Analysis gives detailed information on the Middle East power market and provides a strategic analysis from IPP and EPC perspective about the investment opportunities in selected ten countries in the region. This report includes a detailed analysis of the current investment climate in the power sector of the ten countries over the next decade. The countries covered are Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.

Read more: http://www.sunherald.com/2011/09/22/3450537/research-and-markets-middle-east.html#ixzz1YmGYSe58

Hakim Melkert discusses with the results of his visit to Kuwait, Qatar

Posted: August 20, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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On: Saturday 08/20/2011 15:03

Baghdad (news) .. President of the Council discussed the Supreme Islamic Iraqi al-Hakim with a representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations and the outgoing results of his visit to Kuwait and Qatar.

The Information Office said in a statement of the Council received the Agency (news) copy of which was that “During the meeting they discussed the latest political developments on the Arab, regional and wise assessment of the situation current in it.”

The Melkert thanks to the wise to “its efforts in bringing together political parties and the views put forward by the discourse on the United Nations, which helped a lot in the success of its mission in Iraq”

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Qatar Central Bank: Depreciating dollar could pose challenge

Posted: July 27, 2011 in GCC, Iraqi Dinar/Politics, US Economy
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Depreciating dollar could pose challenge: QCB chief

DOHA: Qatar is closely following the developments in the US and hopes that a deal would eventually be done to raise the debt ceiling by the deadline of August 2.

The governor of the Qatar Central Bank (QCB), H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani, said that inflation was currently under control in the country, but a depreciating dollar could pose a challenge.

The Qatari economy is immune to any adversity the US debt crisis might cause since being the largest economy of the world, many countries can be affected if the US fails to reach a deal on the debt ceiling by August 2.

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UN General Assembly elects Kuwaiti envoy as Vice-President

Posted: June 23, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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UNITED NATIONS, June 23 (KUNA) — The United Nations General Assembly late Wednesday elected Kuwaiti Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi as one of its 21 Vice-Presidents.

The Kuwaiti ambassador’s Deputy Mohammad Al-Mutairi was also elected as Vice-Chairman of the Disarmament and International Security Committee, known as First Committee.

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Nancy Pelosi and US delegation arrives in Baghdad today

Posted: May 7, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Baghdad (news) .. A source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the former president of the U.S. House of Representatives Democrat Nancy Pelosi will arrive today to Baghdad from the Qatari capital of Doha at the head of a delegation from the U.S. Congress.

The source told the said Agency (news) said Wednesday that Pelosi will meet with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and other Iraqi government officials.

The source speculated that Pelosi is looking for the issue of U.S. withdrawal from Iraq by end of this year as well as issues related to regional security.

Pelosi has held consultations Friday with Crown Prince of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani and discussed U.S. relations with the country in addition to a number of security issues.

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Extraordinary meeting of Arab foreign ministers on Thursday and expectations of the timing nor the convening of the summit in Baghdad

Posted: May 2, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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Stressed the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the Arab League, on Monday, that the Arab foreign ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting Thursday to discuss the postponement of the Arab summit, and the issue of choosing a new secretary general of the Arab League to succeed Mr. Amr Moussa, in a diplomatic source said that all possibilities are open, including the refusal to postpone the summit in Baghdad .

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Iraq calls on the Government to take urgent decisions to ensure an effective presence for the Arab States summit in Baghdad

Posted: January 22, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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The member of the list of Iraq Saturday, the government to take quick decisions and urgent to ensure the active presence of the Arab countries in the Arab summit scheduled to take place in Baghdad in March next year.

Said Abdul Sattar Al told the Kurdish news agency (AKnews) that “the presence of leaders of Arab countries requires Iraq to make rapid decisions concerning the political aspect and speed to improve relations with the countries that we have some problems with it.”

“The step is to give positive messages to them and open the doors of Iraq, in addition to that there are technical aspects regarding the need to speed up secure logistical support and security to convene the summit a success.”

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Gulf News: Secretary Clinton to visit UAE, Oman and Qatar

Posted: January 7, 2011 in Iraqi Dinar/Politics
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US Secretary of State will meet with government officials at each stop
AFPPublished: 00:23 January 7, 2011

Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will leave here on Saturday for a tour of the UAE, Oman and Qatar, the State Department said on Thursday.

During the trip from January 8 through January 13, Clinton will meet with government officials at each stop to discuss “a full-range of regional and bilateral issues,” Mark Toner, a State Department official, told reporters.
She will also “emphasise the importance of government-civil society engagement,” he said, referring to the need for governments to work with political, environmental and other activists.

“In addition to these meetings, the secretary will engage with civil society and community leaders in each country working to help citizens realize shared aspirations for progress,” Toner said.

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