{Politics: Al-Furat News} The Prime Ministers, Mohamed Shiaa Al-Sudani, and the deputies, Mohammed Al-Halbousi, put forward a number of important files on the table.
A statement by his office, received by {Euphrates News} a copy of it, said: “During the meeting, they discussed the ongoing preparations and preparations for Baghdad to host the 34th Conference of the Arab Parliamentary Union in February, and the best efforts to make this session, which will be chaired by Iraq.”
He added, “The meeting also witnessed a discussion of the most important issues and topics at the national level, and ways to enhance integration between the legislative and executive authorities, in order to support laws that facilitate the implementation of the government program, and meet the aspirations of citizens to obtain services and improve the economic and service conditions of all governorates of Iraq.”
Twilight News / KRG spokesman Gutiar Adel said on Monday that the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government held important meetings in Baghdad that resulted in good results, noting that the delegation is waiting to reach a common understanding with the Iraqi federal government on the points of disagreement.
Adel told the official website of the government and followed by Shafaq News Agency; “The delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government held yesterday and today three important meetings, the first of which was with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil in which they discussed the main principles of the oil and gas law, as the negotiating delegation presented the views of the Kurdistan Regional Government on the draft law, and then those principles were
A spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government added: “Today, the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government held a meeting with the concerned authorities to formulate the last points regarding the Iraqi federal budget for the year 2023, where we held discussions on the main axes, and there was a common understanding in this regard, and then we discussed the points to be included in the budget.”
Adel pointed to “the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government visited today the Iraqi Federal Border Ports Authority to discuss raising the level of coordination between the two sides regarding customs tariffs and enhancing cooperation between the two sides. The meetings achieved good results, but again we are still waiting for the disputed points now, in order to discuss them and reach a common understanding on them.”
Earlier on Monday, the Kurdish government delegation announced its return to Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, while next week set a date for a new round of negotiations in Baghdad.
“After an official visit to Baghdad and holding a number of meetings and meetings with the federal government, we returned to Erbil,” Omid Sabah, head of the Cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Ministers, said in a post followed by Shafaq News Agency.
Sabah added, “The delegation is scheduled to return to Baghdad next week to complete the talks.”
Last Saturday, the official spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government, Gutiar Adel, announced the arrival of a high delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government to the capital Baghdad, to resume dialogue on the outstanding files between Erbil and Baghdad, most notably the Kurdistan Region’s share of the federal budget, the oil and gas law and other files of common interest.
Twilight News / The Iraqi Border Frontiers Authority announced, on Monday, the outputs of a meeting held with the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government in the capital Baghdad, while noting the agreement to close the unofficial ports and unify the customs tariff.
This came during a meeting held at the headquarters of the Authority in accordance with the federal ministerial program, which included representatives of the federal government, namely the head of the Ports Authority, the Director of Customs Police, the Director of the Legal and Customs Affairs Department in the Authority, and a representative of the Joint Operations Command, and corresponded by representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government, namely, Gutiar Adel, a member of the delegation of the negotiating region, Sami Jalalal, Advisor to the Minister of Interior of the region, and Abdul Qader Abdullah, Assistant Director General of the General Authority of Customs in the region, according to a statement received by Shafaq News.
According to the statement, the meeting discussed the paragraphs related to the work of border crossings, and resulted in the following:
1. The delegation of the Kurdistan Region demanded the approval of the federal government for the official recognition of a number of border crossings in the region.
2 Agree to close unofficial ports and crossings along the border strip between the region and neighboring countries, through the formation of a joint committee.
3 Agreeing to unify tariffs and carry out customs procedures through a joint committee that completes its work within a month.
4. Agreement to open official electronic channels for communication via mail and direct correspondence between the work of the Federal Customs and border crossings in the region.
5. Emphasize the implementation of the outputs and recommendations of the Diwani Order Committee No. 62 of 2023 on the re-assessment of Cabinet Resolution 13 of 2019.
Twilight News / The Kurdish government delegation announced on Monday its return to Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, while next week set a date for a new round of negotiations in Baghdad.
“After an official visit to Baghdad and holding a number of meetings and meetings with the federal government, we returned to Erbil,” Omid Sabah, head of the Cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Ministers, said in a post followed by Shafaq News Agency.
Sabah added, “The delegation is scheduled to return to Baghdad next week to complete the talks.”
Last Saturday, the official spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government, Gutiar Adel, announced the arrival of a high delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government to the capital Baghdad, to resume dialogue on the outstanding files between Erbil and Baghdad, most notably the Kurdistan Region’s share of the federal budget, the oil and gas law and other files of common interest.
Finance Minister Tarif Sami said on Monday that the problem of the rise in the price of the dollar was corrected by the government and popular will to enhance the value of the Iraqi dinar, while noting that the ministry is in the process of ending the federal budget for the year 2023.
Sami said during her speech at the forum (Financial Sustainability in the Arab Region in the Post-Corona Pandemic Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities), which opened its work today in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi: “We sought to approve the Food Security, Development and Financial Hedging Law in the amount of (25) trillion dinars in order to alleviate poverty, achieve financial stability and
She added that “the Iraqi government has faced the Corona epidemic by taking several immediate measures to reduce its spread through national, packaging, health and social policies that focused on marginalized social groups and facilitated access to health services and social welfare, which added these immediate and precautionary measures added heavy financial burdens on public money.”
Minister Taif added that “the Iraqi economy suffers from chronic structural problems, as the spring character is still often on it and its recovery depends on oil prices in the world market, which puts the government and its economic and financial institutions on alert to overcome challenges and crises.”
She pointed out that “the Iraqi government headed by Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani adopts an ambitious program at the economic and financial levels and within a period of several months and over a few months, its positive indicators appeared on the life of society and the institutional structure of the state to achieve financial sustainability, adding, “We are about to end the federal budget for the year 2023 and move towards comprehensive economic reforms in the Iraqi economy and develop a clear strategy to diversify its economy, raise its revenues and push development forward.”
The Minister of Finance indicated, “the Iraqi government’s appreciation for the tireless efforts, and keenness to enhance economic cooperation among Arab countries and coordination with partners to serve the economies and investments of those countries, noting that international relations are based on balance and expanding the base of interests to serve the goals of economic and financial development in the Arab countries.”
She pointed to “the challenges facing the world from the effects of climate change, which have become more dramatic and their repercussions on peoples, making it imperative for Arab countries to increase funding, cooperation and enter into investments that help mitigate the effects of climate change.”
Sami expressed “the high confidence of the Iraqi government in that the annual financial forum is an important factor in conveying successful Arab and international ideas and experiences and the lessons it offers of the sustainable development goals for the year 2030 that live up to the level of the Arab reality, which is facing very serious challenges.”
This forum is organized by the Arab Monetary Fund in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund and the participation of Arab ministries of finance, governors of central banks and Arab monetary institutions, in addition to a number of heads, senior officials and experts from international and regional financial institutions, according to the statement.
Twilight News / The Central Bank of Iraq’s sales of the dollar in the currency auction fell on Monday, by 62%.
The correspondent of Shafaq News Agency said that the Central Bank sold today, during its auction for the sale and purchase of the US dollar, 115 million and 403 thousand and 294 dollars, down 62%, compared to yesterday, when sales amounted to 305 million dollars, covered by the bank at a basic exchange rate of 1305 dinars per dollar for documentary credits and international
Our correspondent added that sales from the dollar were distributed between strengthening assets abroad in the form of (remittances, credits) by 52 million and 603 thousand and 294 dollars, while the rest of 62 million and 800 thousand dollars went in cash.
Our correspondent pointed out that the banks that bought the cash dollar numbered 17 banks, while the total number of exchange and brokerage companies participating in the auction was 180 companies.
Shafaq News/ The Shiite Coordination Framework (CF) praised the Iraqi-Amercian discussions regarding the dollar crisis.
“The negotiations in Washington are currently very positive; the US Federal Reserve, the US Treasury, and the US Department of State support the stability of Iraq,” the CF leader, Hassan Fadam, told Shafaq News agency.
He considered implementing the measures demanded by the US federal government needs time, especially since the government of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi did not take any procedures in this regard.
The CF official explained, “Iraq benefits from linking the central bank and remittances to the global system. It would prevent the dollar smuggling.”
“The procedures respond to the demands of the US Federal Reserve and the US Treasury and organize the Central Bank of Iraq work.”
An Iraqi official delegation is now on an official visit to Washington headed by the Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein to hold talks with the US Federal Bank.
The discussion with the US officials focused on the complications Iraq faces in navigating US and Western sanctions on Iran and Russia.
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