Iraq and Qatar affirm the work to activate the joint economic committee and to strengthen cooperation

Baghdad / Al-Masala: Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein announced, that work will continue to activate the economic committee between Iraq and Qatar.

Hussein said during a joint press conference with Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani that he is working to activate the Iraqi-Qatari joint committee on economic issues.

For his part, the Qatari minister said that we discussed how to develop relations and strengthen cooperation between Baghdad and Doha, stressing that there is an important opportunity to support the stability of Iraq.

He pointed out that there is consensus between the two countries on the regional situation.

In a related context, the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, received at the Peace Palace in Baghdad, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, in the presence of Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein.

The Media Office of the Presidency of the Republic stated in a statement that the Qatari Minister delivered to the President of the Republic a written message from His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, which included an official invitation to his sovereignty to visit Qatar.

He added that they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries, and ways to enhance them in the service of the common interests of the two brotherly peoples, in addition to developments in the relevant regional and international situations.

According to the statement, Saleh said that the countries of the region have a great responsibility to overcome crises and tensions by coordinating efforts to support dialogue and push the paths of political solution in settling problems in them, and work to stabilize the foundations of regional stability, confront terrorism and extremist ideology, and support opportunities for economic and commercial cooperation and development.

He continued that ensuring the security, stability and sovereignty of Iraq is a basic foundation and a common interest for the security and stability of the entire region and the interests of its people.

For his part, the Minister affirmed Qatar’s support for joint work with regional and international parties to preserve the region’s security and stability, indicating his country’s commitment to support the security, stability and sovereignty of Iraq, and to enhance joint bilateral cooperation in various fields.

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New government statement regarding salaries and allowances in the 2021 budget and exchange rate adjustment

Today, cabinet spokesman Hassan Nazem, made new statements regarding salaries and allocations in the 2021 budget, while indicating that the government cannot predict when the budget will be approved.

The new allocations added to salaries in the 2021 budget must be launched. We are now in a crisis. There must be remedies for the deficit in salaries due to the change in the exchange rate and the deficit that affected salaries.

If the budget is approved and taxes are fixed on employees’ salaries, their value will decrease after the rise in prices, and there must be treatments through allocations, and this is what we think about.

There is no truth to the statement quoted by me that the government is not bound by any change in the exchange rate by Parliament. A government spokesperson may not be stoned in absence of a possible change of exchange.

The current government has positive links with the Kurdistan region, and there is a sense of comfort in the discussions, and there is a complex currently related to the region’s share in the budget and it is still under negotiation.

This node has prolonged and persisted and must be resolved. Now we will enter the fourth month without finding solutions for some of the contract, including the region’s share.
We cannot predict when the budget will be approved next Saturday or not.

Regarding the Corona pandemic, the world is moving towards opening up with the availability of Iraq, and we in Iraq will open up with the global situation by providing the vaccine, which is the most important option.

The spread of the vaccine means moving towards openness and normal life, and there will be a meeting of Arab tourism ministers in Saudi Arabia next month to issue an Arab decision regarding openness to the global status of tourism.

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Exclusion of passing the budget by majority in the Saturday session

Baghdad: Member of Parliament, Melhan Al-Mukoutar, ruled out that the 2021 budget will be passed during next Saturday’s session by a majority, indicating that
Large budget problems, especially with the Kurds, need to be solved in depth, while the head of the Economic and Investment Committee revealed in the Council Parliament, Ahmed Salim Al-Kinani, on stopping loans and sovereign guarantees in the 2021 budget, as they burden the state.

Al-Makoutar said in an interview with Al-Sabah: “The Kurdish delegation that came to Baghdad was at a high level and did not reach a conclusion regarding the region’s share in the budget,” stressing that “approving the budget is necessary and everyone is awaiting approval, especially the citizens, despite hold (ing) it ».

He added, “The Kurds have many requests in the budget, and there are disagreements about increasing the region’s oil production,” noting that “the differences are strong and there will be complications in the scene unless there are quick solutions.” Saying: “The decision is with the Presidency of Parliament, which has more direct ties to the heads of the blocs than the deputies, and it is negotiating with them in this regard, so
If there is no agreement, the budget will not go by the majority. Nevertheless, it is not easy to predict what will happen with this affair ».

In addition, the Chairman of the Economy and Investment Committee in the House of Representatives, Ahmed Salim Al-Kinani, said to Al-Sabah: “The committee sent notes to the Finance Committee regarding the 2021 budget to stop sovereign loans and guarantees because they burden the state in terms of economic ».

He added, “The committee focused on mainly supporting the private sector, in cooperation with the Ministry of Planning to set up a specific mechanism to settle more than 300 investment projects that are lagging by terminating or completing their contracts by other investors or a settlement between the government and investors,” noting that “there are thousands of these.” The projects have not been resolved yet, but they are followed up by the subcommittee in the Ministry of Planning.

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Parliamentary government debate over the authority to change the exchange rate

Baghdad: Controversy continues and opinions are presented regarding changing the exchange rate of the dollar between executive government agencies and legislative bodies, while the latter, especially the Legal Committee, confirms that it can amend the Central Bank Law within 6 days, which is the dominant body over the validity of the decision on the exchange rate, government and other legal parties stress Only the ability or power of parliament to intervene in this matter, and that the matter is up to the Central Bank of Iraq “Exclusively.”

Member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee, Hussein Al-Aqabi, told Al-Sabah: “It is true that changing the exchange rate in the law is within the jurisdiction of the Central Bank of Iraq, but legalizing any expense or revenue is part of the legislative authority’s function, this principle is in the hands of the legislative authority, and the bank’s jurisdiction.

The Central Bank is a secondary jurisdiction that is not authentic. Parliament is the one who granted them this jurisdiction in the Central Bank Law, and Parliament can amend the law from A to Z within six days only. ”

He noted that “one of the central bank’s responsibilities is to maintain the stability of the Iraqi market economy, not to raise prices and exhaust the poor classes, as changing the exchange rate has caused harm to 60 percent of the Iraqi people, so the government must recognize the mistake and back down from this decision.”

On the other hand, the advisor to the Prime Minister for Financial Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, said in an interview with Al-Sabah: “The contradictions between the political blocs on the issue of changing the exchange rate of the dollar will affect the movement of supply and demand, which creates turmoil in the movement of the market, especially since this Expectations are not settled until now, “indicating that” the rise in prices is one-off and does not continue into the future, and I think that this (color information) is based on wrong expectations. ”

He pointed out that “the ways of importing continue without stopping, so expectations regarding the general level of prices will stop at a stable point, and the means of commodity supply are now wide open, whether in terms of financing or in fixed foreign currency in their rates to finance foreign trade in various forms, so I think that the rise Prices will stabilize in the future, and will not remain on this adverb”.

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The Finance Committee finishes printing the last version of the budget … and expectations of amendments

BAGHDAD – Mawazine News: A representative source said, on Saturday, that the Parliamentary Finance Committee has completed printing the last version of it, pending the session.

The source said, “The 2021 budget is ready for voting, and the Finance Committee has completed printing the last version of it pending the convening of the session.”

He added, “We expect amendments to take place at any moment,” pointing to “the agreement to confirm contracts in some ministries and to appoint and direct those with the medical and health professions.” Ended 29 / A43

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Al-Abadi calls on Parliament to reconsider the exchange rate of the dinar

The head of the victory coalition Haider al-Abadi called on the House of Representatives to reconsider the exchange rate of the dinar in order to control inflation.

“The reduction in the exchange rate of the dinar has negatively affected citizens, especially those with limited income,” Al-Abadi said in a tweet on Twitter followed by Alsumaria News.

He added, “With the significant increase in oil prices during the past month, I call on the House of Representatives to stand with the citizens and reconsider the exchange rate of the dinar in order to control inflation.”

The decrease in the exchange rate of the dinar has negatively affected citizens, especially those with limited income. With the significant increase in oil prices during the past month, I call on the House of Representatives to stand with the citizens and reconsider the exchange rate of the dinar in order to control inflation.

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Agreeing to pass the eleventh article in the budget that includes the Kurdistan region’s share

Baghdad – People… The Presidency of the Council of Representatives agreed with the delegation of the Kurdistan region to pass the eleventh article of the budget, which includes the region’s share of the current year’s budget, which is expected to be voted on.

Deputy Diyar Barwari confirmed, in a statement to “People” (March 19, 2021) that “discussions are still going on between the Kurdish and Shiite blocs to reach an alternative proposal to the one sent by the government.”

He said, “The pressure on the Kurdistan region comes to reduce the constitutional and legal powers and powers.”

He explained that “what the provinces are going through in terms of neglect, injustice, corruption and failure to deliver funds for investment to Han, as they want the experience to be repeated in the Kurdistan region, and this is rejected by the parties, and the constitution defines the powers and authorities.”

The deputy expressed his “hope to reach workable formulas that are applicable.”

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Kurdistan Democratic Party announces the agreement to pass the budget

A member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Bashar al-Kiki, announced that a political agreement had been reached to pass the budget.

Al-Kiki said in a statement, “We congratulate all the Iraqis that Erbil and Baghdad have agreed to pass the budget.”

“A new phase of stability and coexistence between the components of the Iraqi people has begun,” he added.

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The Iraqi Council of Representatives decides to hold the budget session at 10 am on Saturday morning

Shafaq News / The Presidency of Parliament announced, on Friday, the postponement of the vote on the budget law until tomorrow, Saturday.

A statement by the Speaker of the Council, Muhammad Al-Halbousi, received by Shafaq News, stated that “due to the continuous discussions between the MPs and the committee and for the purpose of completing the details and final printing, the Presidency of the Council decided to hold the session tomorrow at ten in the morning.”

She added, “The final version of the budget bill will be circulated to you as soon as it is completed by the Finance Committee.”

The House of Representatives was scheduled to hold a session today, Friday, to vote on the General Budget Law for 2021, but the differences between the political blocs ended without that.

to hold a session today, Friday, to vote on the General Budget Law for 2021, but the differences between the political blocs ended without that.

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The Finance Committee votes to approve the amendment of the Kurdistan Region’s budget share clause

The Finance Committee votes to approve the amendment of the Kurdistan Region’s budget share clause.

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