Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visits the Islamic Republic of Iran over the weekend
01-12-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
December 1, 2013
Said media adviser to Prime Minister Ali al-Moussawi, to:
Will the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki paid an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran the end of this week, to discuss the development of relations between the two countries and issues of the region, in addition to the receipt of the offer congratulations Iranian President Hassan Rohani office.
Maliki's advisor confirms his visit to Iran on Wednesday
01/12/2013 14:31:00
BAGHDAD / NINA/ The media adviser of Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki confirmed that Maliki will visit Iran this weekend.
He said in a press statement that "Al-Maliki will pay an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran to discuss the development of relations between the two countries and issues in the region, in addition to congratulate Iranian President Hassan Rohani."
It is mentioned that Iranian Foreign Ministry source told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / today that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Iran next Wednesday, where he will meet Iranian President Hassan Rohani.
Iraq announces increase its oil exports for the past month to more than 71 million barrels
01-12-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
Alsumaria News / Baghdad
The Ministry of Oil in Baghdad, Sunday, rising oil exports for the month of November last to more than 71 million barrels, noting that revenue also achieved a rise of seven billion and 328 million dollars.
A spokesman for the Oil Ministry, Assem Jihad, said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "The month of November last year witnessed an increase in oil exports at the rate of 71.43 million barrels, compared with October last that the rate of export in which 69.843 million barrels." , noting that "the export rate daily for the past month amounted to 2.381 million barrels."
Jihad said that "the exported quantities of crude oil for the month of November last year, Tksmt between Basra oil exports, which amounted to 2.072 million barrels per day, while the exports of crude oil from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan and trucking Jordan 309 thousand barrels per day."
Jihad said that "the revenue realized from the sale of crude oil for the month of October is the other rose, reaching seven billion and 328 million dollars at a rate of $ 103 per barrel."
He pointed out that the Jihad "Iraqi oil exports for the month of November rose despite the interruptions that occurred several times in the northern pipeline from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan because of the terrorist attacks, in addition to the bad weather and maintenance work in the southern regions."
The Oil Ministry has announced on the first of November for rising oil exports for the month of October last to 69 million barrels and 843 barrels and an average of 2.253 million barrels per day.
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki directed to form a committee to prepare for the international conference to combat terrorism
01-12-2013 | (Voice of Iraq)
December 1, 2013
The face of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki formed a committee to prepare for the international conference to combat terrorism, which will be held in Baghdad.
The Commission has ordered the Prime Minister formed by representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, and the fight against terrorism and national security.
It is due to the Committee's preparation and preparation for this conference, and to create a list of invited countries and the working paper, the Commission will, in coordination with the United Nations, which supported the invitation of the Prime Minister to hold this conference, who was the Prime Minister has called to be held in Baghdad to discuss ways to eradicate terrorism and uproot .
The government expects the completion of the 2014 budget within two weeks
Sunday, 01 November / 1 December 2013 12:45
Twilight News / Federal Government predicted Sunday the completion of the federal budget for the year 2014 within the next two weeks.
alt The most controversial point of the draft next year's budget dues Kurdistan Region of Finance after the federal government sought to reduce the ratio to 10% instead of 17% compensation for financial losses she stopped by the region for the export of oil.
The Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs purity of net debt for "Twilight News", "The committee in charge of the follow-up file federal budget is still far from work did not end Manmha."
He predicted that the net "accomplish the federal budget and presented to the Council of Ministers within the next two weeks."
The Finance Ministry said last month that a sub-committee of the Council of Ministers began discussions of the federal budget for 2014 before submission to the Board for discussion and approval.
According to preliminary figures estimated that the size of the federal budget for next year is 176.5 trillion dinars, which is the largest in the history of Iraq, which has paid the most attention to file energy, security and services.
Kurdistan and stopped pumping oil to the Iraqi government line late last year because of disagreements over payments to foreign companies operating in the region.
The demands of the Kurdistan about four billion dollars accrued to oil companies that develop fields in the region, but Baghdad refuses to pay.
The House of Representatives of the Kurds in the Iraqi Council of Representatives has boycotted the voting session on the budget in 2013 in protest against the non-inclusion of dues oil companies under the terms of the budget.
The region tends to export its oil to world markets via Turkey, despite opposition from Baghdad.
Central Bank last month, selling $ 3.8 billion and sales of 4 months amounted to about 16 billion dollars
Sunday, 01 November / 1 December 2013 07:05
According to statistics prepared by all of Iraq [where] that dollar sales at the central bank auction last month rose in November for the October auction sales.
Amounted to dollar sales in the month of November 3 billion and 803.691 million compared to $ two billion and 191 million and 456 000 dollars in October while sales were during the month of September 5 billion and 275 million and 645 000 dollars in the month of August 4 billion and 563 million and 751 000 dollars.
Thus, the central bank has sold at auction during the last four months 15 billion and 834 million and 543 000 dollars to achieve that without a rise in the price of the Iraqi dinar in the local markets.
According to central bank data daily, these huge sums sold a stable exchange rate is 1166 dinars per dollar, while sold the dollar in the market at about 1220 dinars to the dollar, which means that buyers if they have sold the currency purchased from the central bank may have received the benefit of 54 dinars per dollar.
The Iraqi central bank held an auction of six sessions per week for the sale and purchase of foreign currencies, starting from Saturday to Thursday and held during the month of November 22 hearing against 21 in October and 26 in September
The highest sale amount in a single day during the month of November in an auction on Monday, November 25 when the sale of 271 million and 897 000 dollars and is one of 8 days in which sales exceeded $ 200 million.
Shara: the need to open new export outlets to accommodate the increasing oil production
01-12-2013 08:45 AM
Baghdad (news) .. A member of the Oil and Energy Committee MP / National Alliance / Furat al-Shara, the importance of opening new export outlets to accommodate the increasing Iraqi oil production.
Shara said (of the Agency news): The idea of opening export outlets is part of the national strategy plan projects, indicating that the oil wealth platforms need to export more than
Existing due to increased oil production and the large reserve.
He added that there is a strategic line will be activated, the end of the year 2017 with a length of about 4000 km, which extends from the Rumaila field, modern and the port of Basra and Kirkuk fields toward Aqaba and Banias will be invested companies, adding that he will build his capacity endings
And a fixed and floating platforms.
Iraq has invited international companies to the construction of part of a new pipeline to export the oil fields of Kirkuk connecting the northern port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean.
Integrity alnaibih: our choice is that all members of the Cabinet to the integrity Commission because they did not submit the final accounts
On December 1, 2013
Baghdad/Iraq News Network-Chairman of parliamentary integrity, Baha Al-araji, said that "the failure to submit the final accounts by the Government to Parliament put us in front of an important option is the transfer of all the members of the Council of Ministers to Commission of integrity who did not submit the final accounts, whether ministers or Prime command includes being directly responsible. said Al-araji, said today:" the Constitution was clear and explicit and emphasized the needProvide the General State budget to Parliament with the final accounts, noting that the Iraqi Government over the past four years and that it did not provide any of these accounts and the constitutional breach and evade responsibility and protection for the corrupt "." with the Council of Ministers for final accounts make us an important choice is the transfer of all the members of the Council of Ministers to Commission of integrity who did not submit the final accountsWhether they are Ministers or bodies not linked to Ministry and includes legal articles also refer to body integrity being an administrator I. "he noted that" the Government will not send the final accounts, budget and will elude it will benefit it has been fabricating problems between the Central Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to find ground suitable for the coming parliamentary elections. "the adoption of the draft lawOn the budget every year faces difficulties to pass in the House, and the budget 2013 delayed approval for more than two months, was approved by the House on 7 March, the Council approved the 2012 budget on February 24, 2012, approved the budget 2011 on 20 February 2011 and the Pan 2010 was approved on 13 February 2010. the representative of the religious reference in Karbala, Abdel Mahdi karbalai called during Friday prayers sermon prior to "balance the political and electoral propaganda", indicating "There are blocks trying to exploit the legislation budget in electoral issues."
The Electoral Commission: high levels of voter registration update
On December 1, 2013 In political
Baghdad/Iraq News Network-the independent High Electoral Commission increase voter registration update and Basra provinces topped the number of voters who get their records. the electoral Chamber said Miqdad Al-sharifi at a press conference held with the participation of Iraqi journalists syndicate muayad Al-Lami said: "the project of the independent High Electoral Commission to use the e-card will limit operations to manipulate the will of the voters and the card reach all voters number [21] million cards will be distributed to all voters according to plans prepared by the Office to all the provinces as the voter will enter Polling station to make sure aaedith ", adding that" operations update the voter saw significant development was an event [600] 000 electoral records, visited the million [700] citizen centres and tagged electoral records means that much more, "adding that" some provinces are still experiencing a reticence n update records. "said sharifi" Basra province since Saturday, topped the provinces number of votersTagged records, followed by the provinces of Babil, Najaf, "adding that" the process of updating the voter mandate, UNHCR will depend for the distribution of electronic cards. "he noted that" the political coalitions registered in UNHCR amounted to [277] entity and approved its participation in the parliamentary elections in 2014, and the list of registered parties on the OHCHR Web site ", stating that" religious reference was great bHe urged voters to update their records. "The Commission will begin early January 2014 the next great media campaign on the ballot and urged citizens to receive the e-card, and asked the Government to adopt this card as a fifth within the basic documents, there will be a crackdown on the press and civil society organizations regarding the handling and distribution of the card we are studying now plans to deliver the card to all alnakhBetween. "and continued" to the Al-sharifi of the independent High Electoral Commission database by the Ministry of Commerce, in 2013, the bethadiththa and the addition of births that are entitled to participate in the upcoming elections and the number who will participate in the upcoming elections [21] million and 400 thousand citizens, "stressing the desire of the UNHCR to overcome problems experienced in past elections and will announce it shortly". "thereCoordination between UNHCR and the Iraqi journalists syndicate early and there will be a meeting with the journalists ' syndicate on a note, UNHCR played a major role in urging voters to update data, and the need to support the work of partners including free media. "said Captain Iraqi journalists muayad Al-Lami" all journalists are obliged to them and their families to update their records in Baghdad and all of their important role in the coming parliamentary elections. "
Sadoun expected impact of the publicity propaganda campaign on the financial budget.
2013/12/1
{Baghdad: Euphrates News} predicted Kurdistan Alliance MP, Mohsen al-Sadoun, affect the election campaign on the country's fiscal budget for the year 2014.
Sadoun said told News} {Euphrates on Sunday "was supposed to be this budget are present in Parliament over a month ago, as the House of Representatives waited and wanted to postpone his vacation legislative and asked the government for more than once to send the budget, but it did not arrive so we hope that the budget in mid-December current present in the House of Representatives. "
He added that "there is a small committee, according to information in the Council of Ministers is studying the budget," adding that "the budget synonymous with the period close to the elections and will Daia electoral impact of it."
He was a member of the parliamentary finance committee, Faleh applicable, has stressed on the tenth of November last for {Euphrates News} that "the size of the financial budget of the Federal Assembly for next year with a {174} trillion dinars and a deficit of more than {30} trillion", criticizing "the mechanism that is on the basis of which the preparation of the budget, describing it as "traditional to Ayaol the creation of infrastructure," adding that "there is a higher committee a problem in the Council of Ministers headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, and the membership of the Minister of Finance and Secretary-General of the Budget Department, is studying the possibility of legalizing the budget and deficit reduction winning it. "
He said al-Sadoun, "We hope to be a fair budget and meet all the demands in the region and the provinces, and address Matardna in his previous problems going forward, as we want to be the level of this big number and be fair and equitable distribution meets all the demands of the Iraqi people."
For his part, MP for the citizen's parliamentary bloc Mohammed Allkash, has explained that "the House of Representatives about the awkward position of the general budget and the time to read and voted upon," and urged the Cabinet to "quickly sent it to parliament in order to read and voted upon."
The Finance Minister Ali Shukri agency had announced in October last year, for an end to the draft federal budget for Iraq for the next year in 2014, confirming that it would amount to 174 trillion dinars.
The House of Representatives has announced its cancellation, which was scheduled to be held in the {17} of this month to discuss the budget, declaring he entered the legislative holiday after a delay in sending the government.
The Constitution stipulates that the House is obliged to complete the financial budget of the Federal public if they come to him and to postpone the legislative term holiday.
Revealed the government watchdog for the theft of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and his advisers and the Dawa Party, and involvement in the files of corruption is estimated at about 423 billion dollars.
The source said on condition of anonymity, "We have documents that prove the involvement of al-Maliki and his advisors and leaders of the Dawa Party, the files of corruption is estimated at about 423 billion dollars." He added that "the money was distributed as directed by al-Maliki to several ministries, including the Ministry of Health under the supervision of the Inspector General of the Ministry and leader of the Dawa Party, Adel Mohsen, and the Ministry of Electricity under the supervision of the Inspector General and leader of the Dawa Party, Alaa Mohiuddin, and a number of other ministries." The files of corruption of the current government are many, and these documents are not the first of its kind documented the competent authorities.
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