Moscow begins initial negotiations with Baghdad to establish a nuclear reactor in Iraq

[Mary B]

Moscow begins initial negotiations with Baghdad to establish a nuclear reactor in Iraq

 11/05/2020

 

  

 

The information / Baghdad ..

The Russian Ambassador in Iraq, Maxim Maksimov, revealed, on Monday, the existence of initial negotiations between Iraq and Russia to establish a nuclear reactor in Iraq , indicating that these projects are huge and it is necessary to be well prepared for their success.

"Russia is ready to cooperate with Iraq in the field of peaceful nuclear energy, and there are initial negotiations on the establishment of a peaceful nuclear reactor in Iraq, " Maximov said in a televised interview, followed by "The Information."

He added, "We have a great experience in the field of electronics and technology can be transferred to Iraq to end the electricity crisis," noting that "negotiations should take time due to the size of the projects to be successful."

The Russian ambassador pointed out that "the contacts and discussions are continuing and it is necessary to prepare well and implement, and there is discussion of the field of electricity and that Iraqi-Russian activities are continuing." End / 25

 

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/05/11/473499/

[Mary B]

 American newspaper: the return of Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi represents a victory for Washington in its war against Iran!

 05/11/2020

 

 

  

Information / Translation ...
The American newspaper "Task and Perpus", which specializes in military affairs, described the appointment of Lieutenant-General Abdel-Wahab Al-Saadi as head of the anti-terrorism agency as a "victory" for the United States in its proxy war against Iran in Iraq .
The report , which translates agency / information / said that "Iraq 's new Prime Minister , backed by the United States has appointed Abdul - Wahab al - Saadi to lead the anti - terrorism", indicating that "away from the fighting Daesh the appointment of Saadi represents a victory for the United States in its proxy war against Iran in Iraq ”
The newspaper quoted a military official in the International Alliance as saying, "Al-Saadi is a strong partner in combating ISIS and it will be very easy to work with him again to advise the Iraqi forces."Operations planning. ”
For his part, retired Gen. Joseph Votel, former head of the US Central Command, said, "The anti-terrorist agency has an important role to play in the ongoing fight against ISIS ," warning that " ISIS has not actually surrendered and will launch an insurgency in Iraq ." Ended / 25 z

 

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/05/11/473504/

[Mary B]

Rafidain Bank announces the payment of pensioners ’salaries for May 2020

2020-05-11

Yassin Iraq: Baghdad

Rafidain Bank announced today, Monday, its distribution of civil and military pensioners' salaries for the month of May.

The bank’s media office said, in a statement, that “the bank has mobilized its capabilities to disburse the retirees’ salaries after the arrival of financing and the receipt of sukuk and payroll lists for retirees and used its modern electronic techniques to raise salaries on the electronic card. ”

He called on "retired people who have not received their salaries, to go to the nearest branch of the bank to pay their financial dues."

 

https://yesiraq.com/مصرف-الرافدين-يعلن-صرف-رواتب-المتقاعد/

[Mary B]

russian offer for a huge investment in the mansourieh gas field in diyala

Author: AhadNA3 On 11/5/2020

Al-Ahed News- Baghdad

The Russian Ambassador in Baghdad, Maxim Maksimov, revealed today, Monday, a Russian offer for a huge investment in the Mansuriyah gas field in Diyala, stating that the economic and military relations with Iraq are extremely important and strong.
Maximov said, "The Russian companies are seeking a huge investment and have submitted a tender for an investment in the right of Al-Mansouriya Gas in Diyala."
He added, "Three Russian companies in Iraq produce about 600,000 barrels of oil per day, including the Kaz Brom Oil Company, where they operate in the Wasit governorate in the Badra field, about 100,000 barrels of oil per day, and in the Qurna field, 400,000 barrels."
He continued, "Moscow has a special interest in the Russian-Iraqi committee and has assigned the Deputy Prime Minister headed by the Russian side to its extreme importance and has been postponed because of Corona," noting that "Moscow embraces 3,000 Iraqi students in a high scientific and medical field and the number of students within the scholarship has increased to 120 students Iraqi annually. ”Ended 2

 

https://alahadnews.net/61826/اقتصاد/

 

[Mary B]

The drop in oil causes Iraq to lose $ 11 billion in four months

 05/11/2020

 

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News

Iraq lost nearly $ 11 billion as a result of the drop in oil prices during the first four months of this year compared to last year.
Statistics published by the Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) showed that "Iraq sold nearly 409 million 962 and 972 barrels of crude oil during the first four months of the current year 2020, at an average price of nearly $ 38, while total revenue reached 15 billion and 391 One million and 201 thousand dollars. "
Statistics showed that "Iraq sold during the first four months of last year 2019 quantities of oil amounting to 423 million and 284 thousand and 489 barrels at an average price of $ 62, and revenues of 26 billion and 275 million and 283 thousand dollars."
Oil prices decreased significantly after the outbreak of the Corona virus, as a result of the almost complete cessation of economic life in the countries of the world, which reduced the demand for oil and the prices collapsed in general, especially in the month of April of this year.

 

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=99860

[Mary B]

 

 

 

The Minister of Commerce for the "managers": Leave your offices and follow the marketing procedures

2020.05.11

 

Baghdad - people  

The Minister of Trade and Agency, Minister of Education Ali al-Dulaimi, announced on Monday that he directed Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi to refrain from receiving wheat from non-domestic produce.  

Al-Dulaimi said in a statement, "People" received a copy of it, (May 11, 2020), "I am very happy to work with this elite and the Ministry of Trade is one of the very important ministries associated with its work with serving people."  

He added, "The Prime Minister directed to refrain from receiving wheat from other than the local product in all silos spread in Baghdad and the provinces and for the silos to be open to the Iraqi product only."  

Al-Dulaimi continued, "The director of the silo should not receive any quantities other than those contained in the agricultural plan announced by the Ministry of Agriculture during the campaign."  

He stressed, "The country is going through a major economic crisis and we have to provide services to our people," noting that "some silos are dealing in an incorrect way by changing the grades, and these operations must be stopped immediately and investigation of violating silos."  

The minister pledged, "sudden visits to the marketing centers in order to follow-up and audit, and not to give anyone the opportunity to manipulate the type of wheat received, as this causes the waste of public money."  

And, "We will be following closely the work of the silos and will make surprise visits," directed the general managers and supervisors of the marketing campaign to leave the offices and go "to visit the silos to follow the procedures, as well as providing support to the farmers and identifying their needs." 

 

https://www.nasnews.com/view.php?cat=30481

[Mary B]

Al-Jubouri specifies the reasons for his "anger" at the Babylon Hotel: the engineer’s house meeting changed the map of positions!

2020.05.11

 

Baghdad - people  

On Monday, former Speaker of Parliament Salim al-Jubouri opened the file of the formation of the Adel Abdul Mahdi government and the atmosphere that prevailed at the time among political forces, while accusing parties of obtaining a large portion of the votes he obtained.  

"What happened in the 2018 elections was a farce in terms of fraud and fraud," Al-Jubouri said in the "Time of the Capital" program presented by colleague Rinas Ali and his follower, "Nass," noting that the Secretary-General of the Arab Project Khamis Al-Khanjar "informed me that there is a problem that will occur in the elections." By manipulating the servers. "  

He added, "The total number of votes he obtained according to the commission is 6 thousand votes and he needed only 60 votes to cross the electoral threshold," stressing that his appeal against the election results was successful. ".  

  

What happened in the Babylon Hotel?  

Al-Jubouri touched on the early days of the formation of the Adel Abdul Mahdi government after forming the building and reform alliances, and revealed the reason for his departure from the parties of the Reform Alliance held in the Babylon Hotel in September 2018.  

He said, "I attended the Babylon Hotel and participated but I hate the show meetings. I spoke nervously and asked to explain the nature of the understandings because the meeting was after the first session of Parliament when the Speaker and his two deputies were elected."  

And he added, "I had got information indicating that there is an agreement between the parties of reform and construction to settle matters. If there is a collection of gains under the title of reform, this means deception, and I told them you wanted a sectarian bloc, why do you move for your personal exploits, and then you left ".  

He continued, "The candidate for reform for the presidency of the parliament at the time, Khaled al-Ubaidi, was not supported by parties from the reform, and this is disturbing to me and this is deception and I cannot continue."  

  

A new map in the engineer’s home!  

Al-Jubouri also revealed the scenes of a meeting attended by leaders of Sunni political forces, including Al-Khanjar and Al-Halbousi, at the home of former Deputy PMF chief Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis.  

Al-Jubouri said, "The share of the Sunni forces was 5 ministries with the position of vice president, but the Sunni forces asked at that meeting that I did not attend, to write off the position of vice president in exchange for a sixth ministerial portfolio."  

He added, "The engineer informed me of this personally," explaining that "the map of positions changed after that, to become the share of the Sunni component of 6 ministries."  

  

"Halbusi owes"!  

On the dispute with Al-Halbousi, Al-Jubouri said, "A history links me to him and tells me you are part of what he has reached," adding, "Now I look at myself and have the same as the creditor and the debtor. I am a creditor and he is a debtor. He made a promise to me but he did not fulfill it."  

And, "The promise relates to the entitlement of his party, which is one of the ministries in the government of Abdul-Mahdi, which was taken from him to be compensated," he continued, saying, "I remained the most patient party of the party and emerged as a bad negotiator after Al-Halbousi retracted his word."  

He continued by saying, "It was not implemented for certain circumstances that I am not concerned with, and he used tools to block whatever gives you strength or influence within a philosophy that is either with me or against me."  

He also stressed, "Al-Halbousi did not support the assumption of the post of Minister of Defense, and the matter reached the point of choice, but with an effort from them, this was not done."  

 

https://www.nasnews.com/view.php?cat=30474

[Mary B]

Deputy: Candidate of the Ministry of Oil must be a visual and has 20 years of experience and a master's degree

 05/11/2020

 

  

Information / private ..

The deputy of Basra Governorate, Safa Adnan, announced, on Monday, that the conditions for candidacy for the Ministry of Oil have been defined, indicating that one of the conditions is visually and no less than a master’s degree and his service for 20 years.

Adnan told / the information, “Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi agreed to nominate a visual figure to take over the Oil Ministry portfolio.”

He added that "Basra's representatives, numbering 24, held a special meeting and agreed to specify several conditions that must be met by the person who nominates the Ministry of Oil."

He explained that "among the conditions that determined that he be a resident of Basra and live in it and did not belong to any party and has work experience in the oil field of not less than 20 years and holds a master's degree with the lowest estimates."

He continued, "A number of personalities with the specified specifications will be chosen and submitted to the Prime Minister to choose one of them." Ended 25 &

 

https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/05/11/473626/

[Mary B]

The Minister of Planning confirms the move towards completing the partnership with the private sector

05/11/2020

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
, Minister of Planning, Khaled Battal Al-Najm, confirmed on Monday, moving towards achieving partnership with the private sector, and considered it a first priority, within the development directions of the ministry, and achieving the goals of the five-year development plan 2018-2022, and Iraq’s vision for 2030.
A statement by the Ministry, which received / Mawazine News / a copy of it, stated that "The Minister conducted an inspection tour of a number of departments and formations of the Ministry, which was accompanied by the Undersecretaries of the Ministry and a number of general managers, and the star listened during the tour to a detailed explanation provided by the general managers and heads of departments, on The nature of the work of the departments, formations and mechanisms of cooperation with state institutions, and ways to enhance joint cooperation with organizations of the international community, as well as listing and following up the implementation of investment projects based on feasibility studies, government contracting methods, based on the contents of standard documents, quality management and improving the level of performance Asse ".
The minister stressed, according to the statement, "the adoption of planning standards based on accurate statistical indicators in drawing near-and-medium development plans and policies, and the creation of administrative units at the district and judicial levels, in a way that contributes to enhancing development efforts."
He pointed out, "The orientation towards adopting the principle of developmental competition, in order to improve the level of performance and increase the rates of implementation for investment projects," noting that "
The statement said, "The tour included the departments of government contracts, investment, administrative and financial, sector planning, regional and local development, economic policies, contract sections, internal control, website, quality management, accounts, government media and communication, and the Office of Financial Supervision Bureau." Ended on 29 / A 43

 

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=99881

[Mary B]

Trump to Al-Kazemi: Iraq is a strong and important country with a central role in the region and in achieving global stability

 

9 minutes ago

 

 

 

US President Donald Trump stressed today, Monday, that Iraq is a strong and important country with a central role in the region and in achieving regional and international stability.
This came during Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s receipt of a phone call from Trump, in which he congratulated Al-Kazemi on his assumption of the presidency of the Iraqi government, while the latter confirmed Iraq’s keenness to establish the best relations with the United States, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office and Al-Mirbad received a copy of it.
For his part, President Trump stressed, "Iraq is a strong and important country that has a central role in the region and in achieving regional and international stability," stressing the United States' keenness to strengthen relations between the two countries, and his country's willingness to provide the necessary economic assistance to support the Iraqi economy.
The two sides agreed to expand cooperation in the fight against the Corona pandemic, as well as to develop economic investment efforts to serve the interests of both countries.

 

https://www.almirbad.com/detail/51259

[Mary B]

Do you have a complaint? .. Interior puts boxes in the streets of Baghdad (photos)

2020.05.11

 

Baghdad - people  

Today, Monday, the Ministry of Interior placed boxes in the streets of the capital, Baghdad, to receive complaints from citizens.    

The ministry said in a brief statement, "People" received a copy of it, today (May 11, 2020), that "complaints boxes have been installed in the streets in order to allow citizens to communicate their voices."  

  

  

  

 

https://www.nasnews.com/view.php?cat=30506

[cutter73]

He's not wearing his mask properly... 😷

 

@Mary B thanks for all the posts! 😀

[Mary B]

Al-Maliki discusses with the Minister of Defense the Ministry's plans to build the armed forces

Monday 11, May 2020 

Baghdad / Nina / Head of the State of Law coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, met today, the new Minister of Defense, Juma'a Anad.

Al-Maliki expressed his welcome to the Minister of Defense, wishing him success in his new mission.

During the meeting, they discussed ways to improve the reality of the ministry and its plans towards completing the process of building the armed forces, praising the heroic role of all the ministry’s formations and its active contribution in facing ISIS terrorist gangs.

Al-Maliki called for the necessity of providing full support to the Ministry of Defense and paying close attention to the administrative and moral status of the members of the armed forces, including officers and ranks. / End 3

 

https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?Key=831300

[nannab]

 Maliki is such an expert on administrative and moral issue's in general . 

 

Thanks MaryB 

[Smokey Mtn. Dinar]

5 hours ago, Mary B said:

Do you have a complaint? .. Interior puts boxes in the streets of Baghdad

 

 

Yeah!  I got a complaint. And so do all my friends here.   

 

WHEN IS IT GONNA RV?  🤨 Hmmmmm

[horsesoldier]

8 hours ago, Mary B said:

Do you have a complaint? .. Interior puts boxes in the streets of Baghdad (photos)

2020.05.11

 

Baghdad - people  

Today, Monday, the Ministry of Interior placed boxes in the streets of the capital, Baghdad, to receive complaints from citizens.    

The ministry said in a brief statement, "People" received a copy of it, today (May 11, 2020), that "complaints boxes have been installed in the streets in order to allow citizens to communicate their voices."  

  

  

  

 

https://www.nasnews.com/view.php?cat=30506

 

OH ! I can stuff every one of those MIT boxes to overflowing with " suggestions "  . . . and I guarantee those notes are gonna pizz U right the hell off - A country of underachievers whose only claim to fame is THEFT ! 

. . . and you've been caught with your grubby greasy hands in the " cookie jar " and the whole world knows what losers and fat heads you really are.

 

Whaddaya want kids . . . I got the Monday Grumps 

Edited May 12, 2020 by horsesoldier