Iraq wants China to be part of the “Silk Road”

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The Ministry of Transport announced on Sunday the possibility of speeding up the process of Iraq’s accession to the Asian Investment Bank for infrastructure, which provides loans to member states, while looking forward to joining the Asian Economic Belt (Silk Road).

“The Minister of Transport, Abdullah Luaibi, held an extensive meeting with the Committee of Diwan 70 of 2018 to discuss the possibility of activating cooperation between the Ministry of Transport and the Chinese side, to develop a mechanism to map the road of the economic belt Asian (Silk Road). “

The statement added that “Lobei discussed during the meeting the possibility of speeding up the procedures for Iraq’s accession to the Asian Investment Bank for infrastructure, which means opening loans to member states to finance the implementation of projects roads, bridges, ports, airports and railways, along the new Silk Road.”

“We seek to implement the mechanism of Iraqi cooperation with China through Chinese companies and the Chinese embassy, ​​to acquaint them with the current and declared investment infrastructure, and to indicate the possibilities available to attract the Silk Road project to Iraq and involve it in more than one sector, including railways, ports and sea and land transport,” he said.

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Legal expert: Federal decision prevents the parliament vote on the candidate of defense

 

 2019/3/3 23:54 • 308 times read

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) A legal expert said the decision of the Supreme Federal Court last prevents the parliament vote on the candidate of the Ministry of Defense.
Tariq Harb said in a statement that “the Federal Court issued a few days ago a state order to suspend the voting procedures on the candidate of the Ministry of Defense for the existence of a lawsuit filed by the candidate of the defense of the National Coalition {Faisal Jarba} 12/2018, and claimed he got the number of votes and the majority required for the Istizar. 
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Al-Harb said that “the Federal Court may cancel the state order and lose the case. The court may support the matter so that it will win the case. However, in all cases, it is not permissible to stand and vote until a new decision is issued by the court.” A new character even if he gets the majority is considered null. ” 
The Supreme Federal Court, issued last Wednesday, a mandate to suspend the voting procedure for the post of Minister of Defense until the decision of the candidate for the post {Faisal Fener Faisal Jarba}. 
The court said in a statement that it had “examined the request and decided to respond to it by a decision of the state to stop the proceedings until the resolution of this lawsuit,” noting “to assign three experts of criminal evidence to lead their experience in the case to submit their report on the case.”
The Federal Court postponed the case to March 4 to give the experts time to submit their report to the court to present the experience at least one day in advance. “

Al-Ubeib’s policy reveals an agreement between al-Fath and others to achieve a “qualitative leap”

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Shafaq News / The parliamentary bloc Sadikon, on Sunday, the most prominent what has been agreed between the Fatah and other allies, during the past few days.

“The second legislative term will witness a qualitative leap in performance, especially after the convergence between the coalition of reform and construction and between the conquest and the rest,” MP Abdul Amir al-Dabbi told twilight news.

“It was agreed and resolved all outstanding problems from the ministerial portfolios to the other agencies and other positions. It was also agreed to unify the situation in order to face the challenges and to protect and secure the homeland,” he said.

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Iraq’s security holds a leading position on the list of the world’s most powerful and influential countries

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The US News World Repot published a list of the world’s most powerful and influential countries for 2019, America ranked first, followed by Russia again, Saudi Arabia ranked ninth and the first Arab.

The report was based on an assessment of the strength of countries on the size of their economies, their political impact on a global level, and their military capacity, which depends on the size of the defense budget in each country.

The report surveyed more than 20,000 people from 80 countries around the world and was prepared in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania.

The rankings also include the level of world confidence in each country and its credibility in meeting its international obligations, the magazine says.

The United States topped the list followed by Russia, China, Germany, Britain, France, Japan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.

The UAE ranked 11th, Iran 13, Turkey 16, Iraq 19 and Qatar 24.

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Iraqi-Saudi meeting in Baghdad to complete strategic memorandums of understanding

Editorial date: 2019/3/3 14:13 •

The Iraqi-Saudi Coordination Council held a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil Thamer Ghadhban and attended by the National Coordinator of the Group Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers Mehdi Al-Alaq and a number of competent ministers and the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq.

Ghadhban revealed that “Baghdad hosted the joint coordination meeting between the two sides on 3/4/2019,” noting “the need to prepare for it.”

The Secretary General of the Council of Ministers reviewed the outputs and recommendations issued by the Council prior to the formation of the new government, the most prominent activities between the two countries, Saudi Arabia’s desire to open a consulate in Najaf, the agreement to develop the border post with Arar, The Saudi King.

The meeting also discussed the important memorandums of understanding to be signed with Saudi Arabia. The ministers also reviewed the most important previous procedures for the memorandums of understanding concluded, the need to follow up their progress and follow up their responses with the Saudi government.

The ministries are set to work with Saudi counterparts to finalize strategic memorandums of understanding

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Report: America First, Russia Second, Iraq ranked 19 among the strongest countries in the world

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The US News World Repot published a list of the world’s most influential countries in 2019, ranking first with Russia, while Iraq ranked 19th among the world’s most powerful countries.

The report was based on an assessment of the strength of countries on the size of their economies, their political impact on a global level, and their military capacity, which depends on the size of the defense budget in each country.

The report surveyed more than 20,000 people from 80 countries around the world and was prepared in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania.

The rankings also include the level of world confidence in each country and its credibility in meeting its international obligations, the magazine says.

The United States topped the list followed by Russia, China, Germany, Britain, France, Japan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.

The UAE ranked 11th, Iran 13, Turkey 16, Iraq 19 and Qatar 24.

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announces the holidays in March in all official departments

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The Kurdistan Regional Government announced on Sunday the official holidays during the month of March.

The spokesman for the provincial government, Sven Dzai in a statement to the twilight News that the failure of the month of March and as provided for by the law of holidays in the Parliament of Kurdistan, will be as follows:

Tuesday, 2019/3/5 will be a public holiday on the occasion of the start of the uprising of the people of Kurdistan against the regime of Saddam in 1991 in the city of Rania.

On Monday, 2019/3/11, there will be a public holiday marking the anniversary of the signing of the March 11, 1970 agreement and the liberation of Erbil in the 1991 uprising.

On Thursday, 14 March 2019, there will be an official holiday marking the birthday of Mustafa Barzani.

The holiday of Norouz begins on Wednesday 2019/3/20 and continues until Saturday, 2019/3/23 and begins the official working hours in the institutions of the Kurdistan Regional Government on Sunday, 2019/3/24.

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