Washington And Baghdad Are Preparing For A Realistic Strategic Dialogue !

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Washington and Baghdad are preparing for a realistic strategic dialogue

 

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BAGHDAD - The initial composition of the Iraqi delegation tasked with participating in the strategic dialogue to be held later this month with the United States of America carried features of a realistic approach away from the exaggerations of some Iraqi political parties known to be close to Iran, which were promoted for a dialogue that would be a radical change in relations between Baghdad And Washington does not fully exclude the end of the US military presence on Iraqi soil.

The delegation, whose members were leaked to the media, included former and current Iraqi diplomats with experience in international relations and the laws that govern them, at the top of which are the common interests between countries, knowing the extent of the great connection between Iraq and the United States and the goals that Washington cannot abandon in any upcoming dialogue.

Informed Iraqi sources revealed to the Arabs that there was some pressure from the hawks of the pro-Iranian camp to push the Iraqi side during its negotiations with the American side to toughen the issue of removing American forces from Iraq, but the same sources added that this camp will not be effective because of a conviction that prevails even within the parties Pro-Tehran that the current circumstances do not allow Baghdad to negotiate with Washington in terms of strength, and that the economic conditions that the Corona pandemic has complicated will make Iraq’s success in obtaining American aid and its exclusion from the sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran itself an achievement.

On the procedural side, Al-Arab learned that negotiations to be held between Iraq and the United States will take place via closed-circuit television, instead of direct meetings due to the restrictions imposed by the outbreak of the Corona virus.

Baghdad lacks power cards in its negotiations with Washington. And collecting American aid will itself be an achievement

Senior diplomatic sources said that Baghdad and Washington agreed to start the dialogue via closed-circuit television after abandoning the idea of exchanging visits between the negotiating delegations in the two countries.

The sources added that the first television meeting between the delegations of the two countries will take place in the middle of this month.

Until the beginning of the month, discussions between Baghdad and Washington revolved around arrangements for a US delegation to visit Iraq to start the first round of the upcoming dialogue.

On the composition of the Iraqi negotiation team, Al-Arab learned that it includes Baghdad's ambassador to Washington Farid Yassin, the former Iraqi ambassador to Washington Lukman Al-Faili and a prominent official in the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Abdul Karim Hashem.

Yassin and Al-Faili are held accountable for the diplomatic technocrats because of their extensive international relations and the experiences they each had in the diplomatic corps.

The names of the Iraqi negotiating team were met with great satisfaction among the observers amid leaks indicating the presence of other names well versed in international affairs and foreign relations.

Observers believe that the composition of the Iraqi negotiating team is balanced, which may constitute a message that the Americans may receive comfortably.

The sources say that the negotiations of the two countries will focus on four issues, political, security, economic and cultural.

In the political file, the two countries may exchange some observations about each other’s mission, but the most important issue is security, as it falls within its items the future of the American military presence in Iraq.

The sources say that the United States hinted at the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazimi of its willingness to withdraw all its military forces from his country, in implementation of the parliament’s decision in this regard. The risk of losing American security and military support at a time when Iraq appears to be resuming its battle against ISIS, which in recent months has recorded a remarkable return to activity in a number of regions of the country.

Observers say that the Iraqi government fears a repeat of the 2014 scenario when the organization invaded vast Iraqi areas three years after the US military withdrew from Iraq, under former President Barack Obama.

According to observers' estimates, the Iraqi side will try to maintain American military support now, provided that its points of departure are at home from the west of the country, where the Ain al-Assad base is in Anbar province, and from the north where the Silk base is in the city of Erbil.

On the other hand, the American negotiator will seek to extract a complete Iraqi commitment to rein in the Shiite militias loyal to Iran, accused of bombing the Washington embassy in Baghdad again and again, and attacking Iraqi military bases hosting American forces.

Iraqi government sources say that Washington understands the complexities of this file, so perhaps you will not press Iraq to open it soon, with the aim of giving Al-Kazemi’s government a breathtaking opportunity, after being born in a jungle of dangerous challenges.

The sources add, that the Al-Kazemi government will take the path of dialogue to disarm the pro-Iranian militias in the first stage, in the hope of neutralizing the largest number of Iraqi factions. Perhaps dealing with this file is an essential pillar in dealing with the great imbalance in the relations of Iraq and Iran, where the former appears to be merely a subsidiary of the second.

The sources say that the economic file in the negotiations will receive the attention of the Iraqi team, as Baghdad needs unconventional solutions to overcome its financial crisis, which is renewed whenever oil prices fall.

The two parties will deliberate on a package of economic proposals, including increasing Iraq’s share in the international oil market and soft loans, and urging foreign companies to postpone the collection of debts due from Iraq and others.

The American Ambassador to Baghdad Matthew Toler had clarified in previous statements the framework in which the strategic dialogue with Iraq will take place, stressing that it is a comprehensive political, economic, cultural, human rights and security framework, indicating that the dialogue will not be merely negotiations on arrangements to withdraw American forces from Iraqi territory. Non".

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Parliament passes vacant bag candidates and succeeds in completing the Al-Kazemi government

 

6th June, 2020
 

On Saturday, the House of Representatives voted on the seven vacant portfolios in the government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

The media department of the parliament said in a statement received to Shafaq News, "The House of Representatives voted on Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail, Minister of Oil, and Fuad Muhammad Hussein Bakki, Minister of Foreign Affairs."

She added, "The Council also voted on Salar Abdel-Sattar Mohamed Hussein, Minister of Justice, Alaa Ahmed Hassan Obaid, Minister of Trade, and Muhammad Karim Jasim Saleh, Minister of Agriculture."

Also, the House of Representatives voted on Ivan Faek Yaqoub Jaber, Minister of Immigration and Displacement, and Hassan Nazim Abdul Hammadi, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities.

The House of Representatives also voted to authorize the Prime Minister to create a state ministry to be its minister for the Turkmen component in order to encourage components and participate in state building.

In turn, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi said that completing the cabinet is an additional motive for implementing the ministerial platform.

He added in a tweet to him on Twitter, that "completing the ministerial cabinet with the House of Representatives voting on the names we presented, is an additional motive to implement the ministerial curriculum, and to fulfill the obligations of the stage and abide by our promises before our people who are waiting for actions, not words."

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In the picture, the new ministers are sworn in

 

 

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Al-Kazemi's First Permit After Completing The Cabinet's Cabinet

 

6th June, 2020
 

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi said that the completion of the ministerial cabinet is an additional motive to implement the ministerial platform.

He added in a tweet to him on Twitter, that "completing the ministerial cabinet with the House of Representatives voting on the names we presented, is an additional motive to implement the ministerial curriculum, and to fulfill the obligations of the stage and abide by our promises before our people who are waiting for actions, not words."

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Hadi al-Amiri resigns from the Iraqi parliament

 

6th June, 2020


Parliamentary sources said on Saturday that the leader of the "Al-Fateh" coalition, Secretary General of the Badr Organization, has submitted a formal request to resign from the Iraqi parliament.

The sources said to Shafaq News, that Al-Amiri submitted a formal request to the presidency of the parliament to resign, without further details.

This comes at a time when a session was held in the Iraqi parliament with the presence of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to vote on the remaining vacant ministerial portfolios.

A parliamentary source said that the quorum for the meeting was achieved in the presence of 247 members of the parliament from the various parliamentary blocs.

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The first British comment after the completion of Al-Kazemi's cabin

 

 

06/6/2020 2020 17:09:03

 

 

British Ambassador Stephen Hayke commented today, Saturday, on the completion of the vacant cabinet of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

"I extend my warmest congratulations to Al-Kazemi to complete the formation of the cabinet," Hayke said in a tweet on his Twitter account.

"The UK is interested in the opportunity to work closely with your government to overcome the current challenges and build a stable and prosperous Iraq, and it will also be supportive of Iraq with its actions as well as its words," he added. 

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International welcomes the passing of vacant ministries in the Al-Kazemi government

 

6th June, 2020

Jenin Hennes-Blackshart, the United Nations Special Representative in Iraq, today, Saturday, welcomed the passing of vacant ministries in the government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi. 

"We welcome the passing of candidates from the remaining ministries in the government of Prime Minister Al-Kazemi," Blashart said in a tweet. She added, "The United Nations reaffirms its support for Iraq in facing the current health, economic, social, political and security challenges."

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Al-Kazemi begins with the depth of corruption and failure with the missiles of control and accountability ... the most dangerous conservative file opens without hesitation

 

Policy  ,   06/20/2020 14:17  

 

 

Baghdad - Iraq today:

 

Even with his recent reform measures, some believed that President Mustafa al-Kazimi's steps would remain imperfect unless accompanied by more resolute and resolute measures in dealing with the massive complexity of corruption and failure that is ravaging state institutions, and obstructing reform or rescue plans, and devouring all efforts made for changes Comprehensive in the structure of institutions, where corruption is not only at the level of ministries, although it is the most and perhaps the most dangerous, but the roots that extend deep in the structure of the state start from the smallest departments that help the spread of corruption, and penetrate it up to the head of the effective administrative pyramid.

Therefore, Al-Kazemi’s last step in forming a committee headed by the Minister of Interior to follow up the work of the governors and check what they accomplished, what they failed to do, and open their files wide open, would be the most important portal that had never been opened by hand to know everything that happened in many years. Local administrations in almost all governorates caused By losing opportunities for development and depriving the people of the governorates of the opportunities for a comfortable living and contentment with the budgets and allocations that were allocated to them from the federal money generated by oil revenues, here the popular curse was escalating from the smallest unit in the administrative pyramid of the state, up to the highest, not to his direct responsibility for what is happening, but Because of the weak control, scrutiny, and accountability of local administrations that invaded, corrupted, plundered and lost valuable opportunities, it could have constituted qualitative shifts in the service reality of any Iraqi governorate other than the Kurdistan region of course.

Now, in front of the high-level Al-Kazemi committee, provincial files need comprehensive radical and real changes, and it is more correct to have a radical and comprehensive change for all the governors of the country, who were of course the product of partisan and sectarian and national quotas and consensus, and to assign to individuals with capabilities and technical or administrative dimensions Long, and rid the provinces of political administrations that do not understand the alphabet of administrative work, and do not realize the meaning of local work.

Also, the time has really come, for the formed committees to start opening the files of the state's real estate that was sold or transferred without a face, and also the strange approvals that were issued to parties to implement projects on the surface of investment, and in the interior are deals to plunder the state's resources and funds only, just as it was time to isolate the failed ones even if They were honest, integrity with failure is a pest, and the ability to work and succeed accompanied by corruption has also failed. What is required is choosing new departments for governors from consulting personalities as we have said in the fields of administration or engineering, as well as strengthening the supervisory capacity of the departments concerned, and directing strict measures in order to break political and administrative interference In the work of the provinces.

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Member of Parliamentary Integrity: Al-Kazemi has full powers to deal with negligent conservatives

 

 

Localities 06/2020 2020 21:38 201     

Baghdad today - Baghdad 

 

Member of the Parliamentary Integrity Committee, Representative Youssef Al-Kalabi, confirmed today, Saturday, that there is full authority owned by the Prime Minister to re-evaluate the work of governors and offered those who prove his negligence to the House of Representatives to remove him from office.

And Al-Kalabi said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), that "Al-Kazemi has full authority to re-evaluate the work of the conservatives and who proves his shortcomings, presents the matter to the House of Representatives to remove him from his position." 

And he saw "the possibility of the success of the committee to follow up the work of the Conservatives, which was formed by the Prime Minister today if it worked seriously."

He also pointed out, "However, it is not the task of the committee to search for files of corruption, as there are specialized departments for this matter, such as the Integrity Oversight Bureau," noting that "the committee is specialized to assess the work of governors and their service performance of the province." .......

 

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Democrat: Parliament voted for Fouad Hussein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, a victory for the word of right adopted by Barzani

 

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party member, Repin Salam, made Saturday (June 6, 2020) the first comment from the party after the House of Representatives voted on its leader, Fouad Hussein, as foreign minister.

Salam said in an interview with (Baghdad Today) that "the vote on Fouad Hussein confirms that the dialogue in Iraq has reached good stages, and that the protests were from a group of representatives who represent only themselves and do not represent political blocs that have a strong influence."

He believed that "the vote on Fouad Hussein to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a victory for the word of truth adopted by party leader Masoud Barzani." 

He added, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the most important ministries, in the coming stage, and the new minister is awaiting complicated files, including negotiation and dialogue with the United States, and creating balance in regional and international relations and should be supported by all political blocs." 

Earlier in the day, the Iraqi Council of Representatives voted on the candidates for the remaining seven ministries in the government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi at the meeting today. 

The media department of the parliament stated in a statement received (Baghdad Today), that "the House of Representatives voted on Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail, Minister of Oil, and on Fouad Muhammad Hussein Baki, Minister of Foreign Affairs." 

The statement added, "The Council voted on Ivan Faek Yaqoub Jabro, Minister of Immigration and Displacement, and Muhammad Karim Jasim Salih, Minister of Agriculture."

He pointed out that "the council voted to approve Alaa Ahmed Hassan Obaid, the minister of trade, and Salar Abd al-Sattar Muhammad Husayn as minister of justice, in addition to the council's vote on Hassan Nazim Abd Hammadi, the minister of culture, tourism and antiquities."

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It includes 21 negotiators .. Al-Kazemi names his delegation negotiating with Washington

 

6th June, 2020
 

Mawazine News learned, on Saturday, that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi named his negotiating delegation with Washington in the strategic dialogue scheduled for next June.

According to the information, "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi named the negotiating delegation in terms of the strategic dialogue with the United States, which is scheduled to start via closed-circuit television on the tenth of this month."

The information indicated, "The Iraqi negotiating delegation will be headed by the Senior Undersecretary of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdul Karim Hashem, and includes 21 negotiators, including a number of specialists and advisers to Al-Kazemi, including Harith Hassan, the former candidate for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Lukman Fili, the former ambassador to the United States, and a number of other Specialists in various political, economic, military and cultural affairs.”

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Hadi al-Amiri resigns from the Iraqi parliament

 

6th June, 2020


Parliamentary sources said on Saturday that the leader of the "Al-Fateh" coalition, Secretary General of the Badr Organization, has submitted a formal request to resign from the Iraqi parliament.

The sources said to Shafaq News, that Al-Amiri submitted a formal request to the presidency of the parliament to resign, without further details.

This comes at a time when a session was held in the Iraqi parliament with the presence of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to vote on the remaining vacant ministerial portfolios.

A parliamentary source said that the quorum for the meeting was achieved in the presence of 247 members of the parliament from the various parliamentary blocs.

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Hadi Al-Amiri presents his resignation to the House of Representatives  
 

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Soooo, Thugs - Time for Al-Amiri to skin out for Iran and his villa on the coast ? Whaddaya think, could we see more " resignations " ???

Personally, I'd like to see the entire mob leave town and that couldn't happen soon enough for the folks in Iraq. 

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Mawazine News learned, on Saturday, that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi named his negotiating delegation with Washington in the strategic dialogue scheduled for next June.

 

Kazemi moves at lightning speed ! 

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Kazemi moves at lightning speed ! 

Wait - Did U Just Say Something Positive About The Iraqi Government ?  

 

 

Who Is This And What Have U Done With HorseSoldier ...

 

     

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Go Kazemi! Making Iraq Great Again 🙌🏻💪🏻

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Wait - Did U Just Say Something Positive About The Iraqi Government ?  

 

 

Who Is This And What Have U Done With HorseSoldier ...

 

     

 

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Hadi al-Amiri resigns from the Iraqi parliament

 

24 minutes ago, horsesoldier said:

Soooo, Thugs - Time for Al-Amiri to skin out for Iran and his villa on the coast ?

 

Lol - Ya, Good Riddance To This Iranian @$$ Puppet !  

 

     

 

 

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The Al-Fateh bloc explains why Hadi Al-Amiri resigned from the parliament

 

6th June, 2020

The "al-Fath" parliamentary bloc announced on Saturday the reasons for the resignation of the Alliance leader Hadi al-Amiri from the membership of the House of Representatives.

The bloc's spokesman, Ahmed Al-Asadi, said in a press conference held at the Parliament building, which was attended by a reporter of Shafaq News, that "the media reported on Al-Amiri's resignation from the membership of the House of Representatives."

He added that "in order for the analyzes not to proliferate the reason for the resignation, Al-Amiri submitted his resignation from the membership of Parliament to devote himself to his work," noting that "Al-Amiri was keen to attend the most sessions of Parliament, especially those related to important decisions."

And Al-Asadi said, "As a result of the adherence of the Al-Fateh coalition within Parliament, Al-Amiri submitted his resignation, and the alternative, Abdul Karim Al-Ansari, will be part of the coalition and the parliamentary bloc."

Meanwhile, the PMF denied, in a statement today, what is being circulated in some media outlets regarding the replacement of the head of the authority with Al-Amri.

Parliamentary sources said earlier today that the leader of the "Al-Fath" coalition, Secretary General of the Badr Organization, has submitted a formal request to resign from the membership of the Iraqi parliament. The sources told Shafaq News that Al-Amiri submitted a formal request to the parliament presidency to resign.

The sources added that the leader of the Badr Abdul Karim Al-Ansari organization is the alternative candidate for Al-Amiri for the parliament. The sources added that Al-Ansari will formally repeat the parliamentary oath after Parliament approved Al-Amri's resignation.

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British report marks Iranian retreat with long-term US influence in Iraq

 

6th June, 2020
 

The British Telegraph newspaper promised in a report today, Saturday, that there is a clear decline in Iranian influence in Iraq, and at the same time suggested that the presence of American forces in Iraq will extend for a longer period of time.

"When Qassem Soleimani was killed in an American raid in early January, Iran pledged severe revenge against the United States," the newspaper said in a report today, noting that "blocks in the Iraqi parliament demanded the withdrawal of 5 thousand American soldiers and coalition forces, which did not happen." Until now".

The British Telegraph report promised that, "a clear retreat of Iranian influence in Iraq," stating that "6 months ago, these American soldiers are still stationed throughout Iraq, and they did not leave the Iraqi territories as Iran had promised them about half a year ago." "Has Iran's influence in Iraq diminished?" The newspaper asked.

The newspaper suggested that the presence of the American forces in Iraq will extend for a longer period of time, according to what a Western official emphasized, explaining that an agreement between Iraq and Washington concluded that the American forces should continue to continue the war on ISIS.

This is what the newspaper sees as "a catastrophic failure of Tehran to continue to impose its influence there, and it is the one that failed to implement its constant threats."

What strengthens the hypothesis of the decline in Iranian influence in Baghdad, according to the newspaper report, "Ismail Qāni failed to succeed the Quds Force commander, Qasim Soleimani, despite repeated visits that were mostly met with coolness or rejection in Baghdad."

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American officials: The Iraqi corner of the strategic agreement prompts us to stop our pledges and our presence

06/2020 2020 08:41:44pm

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Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs, David Schenker, said in remarks to him that the forthcoming strategic dialogue between Washington and Baghdad was a turning point for the two countries and they were redrawing their common relationship.

Schenker said in a televised interview hosted by the Washington Institute for Middle East Studies, that the strategic dialogue between the United States and Iraq aims to create space for a new stage in relations between Washington and Baghdad.

"To redraw and renew our relationship with Iraq, we will renew our strategic dialogue next week, and we hope this will be followed up by a face-to-face meeting sometime during the month of July or August, when travel and meetings are permitted," Schenker added.

The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, had suggested during a press briefing in Washington on April 8 that a wide-ranging strategic issues be put on the table of dialogue between Iraq and the United States, "including the future of the presence of US forces in that country, and what are the best ways to support an independent Iraq with Sovereignty. "

And Iraq turned into a platform for mutual strikes between American and Iranian forces. In recent months, Iraqi military bases hosting American forces have been subjected to repeated missile strikes. American officials expect that the attacks were launched from armed groups loyal to Iran.

The deadly missile attack on the K-1 base in Kirkuk last December had an effect on the escalation of the attacks, where it reached its climax when the American administration directed the assassination of the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani with a drone attack at Baghdad International Airport on January 3 and was accompanied by the deputy commander of the crowd Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes.

For its part, Tehran responded on January 8 with a barrage of surface-to-surface missiles targeting two bases that include American forces in Iraq, while Shiite parliamentary blocs voted against a non-binding decision to expel all foreign forces from Iraq. The United States subsequently deployed Patriot air defense missile platforms at Ain al-Assad base in Anbar province and another at Arbil base in the Kurdistan region.

The United States has more than 5,000 troops on Iraqi soil as part of the international coalition's efforts to fight ISIS. These forces include advisers and trainers who advise and assist Iraqi and Peshmerga forces in their war against ISIS.

Tensions rose between the two foreign powers on his soil, and Iraqi leaders were subjected to a difficult choice between Iran and the United States. Iran and its supporters in the Iraqi parliament want to get the American forces out of Iraq, while other political forces prefer the survival of the American forces and the continued support of the international coalition in Iraq in its war against ISIS.

The American presence in Iraq is not limited to the security aspect only, but extends to political and economic matters as well. Baghdad's friendly relations with Tehran and its close economic relations with it ignited Washington's anger, which warned Iraqi politicians that there is a fine line separating between maintaining or spoiling a fruitful partnership.

"However, the partnership requires Iraq to exercise its sovereignty, especially when it comes to foreign and proxy forces that threaten US and coalition forces and their diplomatic missions," said Assistant Secretary of State Schenker.

"The strategic dialogue allows us to confront Iraqi officials with a strong choice. If the Iraqis choose to act as a sovereign country ... then this modified bilateral relationship will continue to bring in more great benefits to Iraq. If they do not rely on that option, then we will not be able," Schenker said. To continue our pledge or presence in Iraq. "

On the other hand, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, reiterated Washington's support for the government of the new Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, in its endeavor to eliminate ISIS.

Pompeo expressed during the ministerial meeting of the international coalition against ISIS, his aspiration to deepen the partnership between Washington and the Iraqi government during the forthcoming strategic dialogue between the two countries this month.

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The 2020 budget ranges between 90-100 trillion dinars and reaches Parliament within two weeks

 

06/2020 2020 08:45:28 

Baghdad / extent

 

Governmental authorities expected that the Council of Ministers send the federal budget for 2020 to the House of Representatives during the next two weeks, and estimated that the size of the general budget in light of the conditions of the Corona epidemic and the economic crisis will be between 90 to 100 trillion dinars.

Mazhar Muhammad Salih, the financial advisor to the Prime Minister, said in a statement to Al-Mada: “It is possible to prepare a federal budget bill for 2020 by the government that includes actual expenditures (previously achieved and disbursed) from the beginning of the fiscal year to the current month of June, and the sources of their financing, It also includes the expenses for the next six months that will be built according to the principle of estimates of the price of crude oil in world markets, and non-oil revenues. "

The House of Representatives voted in its session held last Wednesday on the form of a decision obligating the government to submit the federal budget for 2020 at the end of this month. The previous Adel Abdul Mahdi government did not pass the federal budget law for the current year as a result of the crisis of protests that have swept the country since last October and which forced him to submit his resignation to parliament in December. Saleh asserts that "the government started preparing the Federal Budget Law for 2020 according to the current data and circumstances and took into consideration the deteriorating oil prices and the economic crisis," stressing that "the budget law has three quarters of it fixed material, and therefore it is possible to prepare the budget law within half an hour."

He notes that "after the budget law is finalized, the total deficit size will become clear," expecting that "the budget bill will be presented for approval within the cabinet within the next two weeks to send it to the parliament for study and legislation."

And at the end of last week, oil prices recovered in the global markets to reach $ 40 a barrel after the OPEC Alliance Agreement entered into force, which requires a historic reduction of 9.7 million barrels per day, due to the sharp decline in oil prices.

The government advisor continues that "in my personal assessment, the rate of calculating the price of a barrel of oil in the federal budget law for the current year will be between 30 and 35 dollars," expecting that "the total budget size will be between 80 to 100 trillion dinars."

In turn, Ahmed Al-Saffar, the rapporteur of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, affirms that "the general budget law for the current fiscal year is supposed to be legislated by the government and parliament," noting that his committee "needs about a month to complete the project review."

And the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives told (Al-Mada) last May that the emergency cell for financial reform formed by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi began preparing the Federal Budget Law for the current year, expecting the project’s draft to reach Parliament after the Eid holiday.

Al-Saffar explains in a statement to Al-Mada that "not to legislate the budget law in the current period will lose its value, given that the government works for a full year without a budget."

He adds that "the budget will focus on the operational side without investing because the remaining period is few and insufficient to implement investment projects that will be carried over to the budget of the year 2021," noting that it "will include salaries for the ration card, medicines, security aspect and urgent and necessary matters."

(Al-Mada) was reported on the thirteenth of last month, deputies in the Parliamentary Finance Committee said that the new government tends to provide a free "interim" budget for the first time in the history of Iraq from the investment budget and will be limited to operating only to be able to secure salaries for the next six months.

Al-Saffar asserts that "the government started drafting the federal budget law in order to send it to parliament in the specified periods."

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Sudden crackdown on private generators: They sell national electricity with a 'demonic' trick (photos)

2020.06.06 - 22:03

 

Baghdad - people   

 

On Saturday, the Electricity Department in Dhi Qar Governorate implemented a campaign to raise the violations of private generators on the main power transmission lines.  

The department said in a statement that "people" received a copy of it, (June 6, 2020), "The staff of the Generator and Diesel Generator Division implemented in cooperation with the Follow-up Committee in the Dhi Qar Electricity Distribution Branch, one of the branches of the South Electricity Distribution Company, a broad campaign to raise abuses by some owners Private generators on the electrical network to ensure fairness in the distribution. "  

Branch manager Ahmed Hanoun Hassan said, according to the statement, "The campaign came in response to citizens' complaints that some owners of private generators in their areas sell national electricity to citizens instead of operating generators, which negatively affects the supply hours and causes damage to the transformers and nutrients due to the high loads on them."   

He added, "The campaign included carrying out sudden on-site visits to all private generators to ensure that there are fundamental contributions to it, and that they are not exceeded on the electrical network. Of public money, to which the law is liable. "  

He pointed out, "The campaign is carried out in the morning and evening, and aims to reduce the percentage of lost and unjustified waste of energy suffered by the electrical network in order to achieve fairness in distribution and an increase in processing hours."  

Hassan called on the citizens to "cooperate with the branch owners in charge of implementing the campaign by reporting any cases of abuse that are diagnosed in their areas, in a sense of their responsibility for the purpose of taking the necessary action against the violator."  

Our correspondent said that the way to steal national electricity is done through some generator owners, where an electric current from two or more nearby regions is delivered to the generator’s location, and with the power turned off at the generator owner’s sector, it starts distributing the energy not through operation, but rather through the current Withdrawals from another region whose national operating hours have begun.     

 

            

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Wait - Did U Just Say Something Positive About The Iraqi Government ?  

 

 

Who Is This And What Have U Done With HorseSoldier ...

 

     

 

I'll Kudos when it's due. ( 16 1/2 yrs. waiting to say some encouraging instead of discouraging words about these screw heads ).

 

Don't think I'm gonna turn over a new leaf and get all swoony and gushy. I gotta reputation to up hold. Don't none of ya out there start saying nice things about me now. Y'all  tarnish ma reputation.   

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Iraq’s loose fortunes are a thorny stage for Al-Kazemi’s government

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Researcher Shatha Khalil *

Electricity file:
Iraq has been suffering since 2003 from the electricity problem, and corruption remains the main reason for the lack of a solution to this problem, as informed sources stated, that the Ministry of Electricity displays incorrect data on fake achievements that are not present on the ground, despite The billions were allocated to improve electricity, while the Ministry of Electricity's revenues are supposed to supplement the state budget and develop investments in the country, but the pockets of the corrupt were closer to theft and left the country without electricity or planning for the future and deliberate in keeping Iraq dependent on external import from neighboring countries.
It is worth noting the statement of al-Shahristani, who was the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs when he pledged to export electricity after achieving self-sufficiency since 2013, but we arrived in 2020 and Iraq is still without electricity due to corruption in the management of this file and the control of parties and militias that steal the country's wealth.
And the country’s suffering continues due to the lack of energy. Therefore, it depends heavily on Iranian gas and oil, which connects it at high prices. This point may be the most important factor in obstructing the management of this file, behind which Iran's interests lie at the expense of the country's interest.
Where former Iraqi Electricity Minister Qasim al-Fahdawi revealed the fact that Iran interferes in the country's affairs and controls its fate, and how it exploits it through its tools for the status quo in order to achieve its political and economic interests even if it was at the expense of the interests of the Iraqi people, as Fahdawi said, the Iraqi government was about to reach with Saudi Arabia to solve the energy crisis suffered by Iraq, and the Iraqi government received an offer from Saudi Arabia to provide the gas needed by Baghdad at prices lower than international prices.
And Riyadh assured Baghdad that a batch of gas would arrive in less than 24 hours via Kuwait, in addition to another quantity arriving from Riyadh within 6 days, and that the Kingdom offered to send a team from Aramco to extract the gas and sell it for 7 and a half cents.
He pointed out that the offer included giving Iraq only 3 cents of gas, stressing that the Prime Minister at the time agreed to the offer, and it was agreed on the date of travel for the Queen to sign the agreements, but the travel was canceled and the offer was rejected one day before it was signed, due to Iranian pressure.
"Do we sacrifice the interest of Iraq in order to please Iran?" Al-Fahdawi said.
The Ministry of Electricity has insisted that the increase in supply this year is 16% and that it needs 3 years to achieve self-sufficiency of about 26 thousand megawatts. This explains the failure of ministerial planning for successive years since 2003, and the citizen remains the victim of that corruption and neglect, as the import of energy from neighboring countries has reached Investment production rates are unprecedented, nearly half of the announced production, and this exhausts the budget by paying billions of dollars, and the ministry's efforts to link with other neighboring countries such as Kuwait and Jordan clearly show the extent of the deficit reached by the ministry.
In the same context, Deputy Alia Nassif, a member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, affirmed that there were contracts signed at the time of the former ministers and that their sums were disbursed such as the Anbar Composite Station, Salah Al-Din Thermal Station, Al-Hartha Thermal Station / the second and third units, the old gas station Al-Kahla and Al-Nassiriya Stations. The two vehicles are 1500 megawatts concluded contracts with the US (GE), which they have been obligated to enter since last summer, and this has not happened, and many other reluctant projects that overshadow the economy and the simple citizen.

Oil file:
The oil file in Iraq is considered one of the most thorny and most mysterious files in the Iraqi economy due to the large number of theft and control outlets by well-known and behind the scenes parties, as most public contracts that were concluded by the ministries that formed in the post-occupation governments were not seen, under the hegemony Corrupt and influential parties, with the support and backing of militias and armed gangs, and in light of the collusion of the judiciary and the absence of law, and the seizure of foreign agendas, as Iraq's fortunes were lost between the crowds of corruption.
According to international reports, Iraq possesses the third largest oil reserves in the world, as 71% of the reserves are in the southern fields, especially Basra, and 20% in the northern fields, especially in Taameem Governorate, while the remaining 9% are in the center in the field east of the capital Baghdad.
Since Iraq depends on oil as a main source of financial revenue, it is subject to successive economic crises directly affected by global events that are reflected in oil prices and sales; But more importantly, what is happening at home since 2003 and the fall of the state, the most prominent of which is the spread of the phenomenon of financial and administrative corruption that worked to destroy the country since that date due to the mismanagement of this sensitive file for Iraq, in addition to the rampant corruption in most government departments and institutions, especially those related to Rafid The state budget, which wasted the wealth of Iraq on the one hand and contributed to the spread of unemployment, poverty, low domestic product, stoppage of most industries, low levels of education, health, and social welfare, and the result we reap today 2020..Where did Iraq arrive?
According to accurate statistics revealed since previous periods, Iran is depleting most of the Iraqi oil fields adjacent to it, as it steals about 130 thousand barrels per day from the fields of "Dahlran, Oil of the Month, and Bidder West and Aban", and steals 250 thousand barrels per day from the fields of "Al-Tayeb, Fakkah and Majnoon", and some value It steals $ 17 billion annually, or about 14% of the Iraqi state’s revenue, and Iran deals with influential gangs and militias in Iraq to smuggle approximately 35,000 barrels per day.
As for the interior, since the occupation, the fall of the Iraqi state, and the absence of the law, the state’s revenues have been lost between a corrupt and a client who is unaware and ignorant of the administration and wealth of the state. For example, the financial and administrative corruption rampant in successive governments, the most prominent of which is; During the period 2006-2014, more than $ 500 billion of oil money was wasted, as $ 20 million is lost by Iraq daily; Because of smuggling and corruption, systematic oil smuggling operations have been active and corrupt corrupt parties and parties have been involved, in cooperation with the militias in government institutions, and it is difficult to control and arrest smuggling operations, as those involved have ribs and influence in the state and the judiciary, in light of the chaos afflicting the country and the absence of law.
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil supplies the refineries of Iraq with 644 barrels of oil per day, and Erbil 180 thousand barrels and 40 thousand barrels of Sulaymaniyah. If we count what it supplies to Baghdad refineries, for example.
Of course, this oil is repeated inside the refineries and converts the barrel of oil into 100 liters of gasoline or 100 liters of gas. It is supplied to petrol stations, so it becomes:
644,000 barrels of oil x 100 liters of gasoline or Kaz 64400000 million liters of gasoline or gas.
One liter of gasoline is sold in a very ordinary way and the gas inside Iraq. For 450 dinars.
So, the state’s imports of petroleum products (gasoline - kaz) only daily: 64400000 liters x 450 dinars = 28980000000 billion dinars per day. And its monthly imports are : 2898 billion billion dinars x 30 days = 869400 billion trillion dinars per month.
And its imports from oil derivatives annually become 869.4 billion trillion dinars x 12 months = 10432800 billion trillion dinars annually Iraqi imports of oil derivatives (gasoline and gas) only.
So where do these amounts go, and how can the state budget be provided, distributed and invested properly?
In addition to the systematic looting, dismantling of fields and refineries, it was a prominent event in the thorny oil file complaining about the loss; As a result of the domination of the parties and militias, and its collapse due to corruption and smuggling operations, as the most prominent of these operations were the destruction and dismantling of the “Baiji” refinery, which is one of the largest Iraqi oil refineries and the most important economic facility in Salahuddin Governorate, in addition to the theft and dismantling of many large equipment and pipelines, the last of which is dismantling The “Muftiyah” oil depot in Basra was mysteriously and was sold cheaply to an influential figure, even though its equipment and pipelines were operational until the last day of the dismantling.
All this despite the presence of oil wells in Iraq in a way that all countries of the world wish, as well as the export of oil companies on a daily basis to the countries contracting with them, but there is a question that is going on among most researchers, economists and even the people where does this huge money go, and why Iraq is located in the first centers of poverty And poor services and austerity in the state budget, due to the wrong behavior in the exploitation of these funds, as Iraq relies mainly on oil to pay salaries to all government institutions, as well as projects and mega-loans, and on the other hand the presence of corruption that is rampant in the depths of the state, so that contracts are forged Oil and taking commissions in the form of huge money, and do not forget the control of foreign companies on these wells, and the intervention of other countries in determining the rise and fall of oil, so these reasons are all a reason for wasting oil money.

Border ports file:
As for revenue from border crossings; Iraq has border ports along its borders with the six countries surrounding it, and the number of these ports is (22) by land and sea, this is in addition to the air outlets represented by the airports, including the licensed ones, including the unlicensed, which has made it a gateway to corruption and counterfeiting of goods entering and smuggled to the country that lacks To check with the original origin, collect the country's revenues into the pockets of the corrupt, and since 2003, the national industries and factories are semi-suspended and development projects are absent and agriculture is late, the country becomes a importer with distinction of the poorest consumer goods, as the goods that enter it are estimated at millions of dollars, while the money continues to be wasted in absurd projects Do nothing for the Iraqi economy, except for more corruption and deterioration in services. Thus, Iraq loses billions of dinars per month.
It is worth noting that the goods through the border outlets do not match the certificate of origin according to the monitors, and the volume of goods cannot be limited to different types of consumables by not conforming to the certificate of origin, as most of the goods enter with a forged certificate of origin that does not conform to specifications It also includes passing illegal goods, changing their type to exempt them from fees or reducing them and manipulating bad quantities and brands that enter the country, and there are goods that come under the name of an American or European industry, but they are in fact Chinese goods .. Why is this fraud and disregard of the citizen?

Border outlets in Basra:
Basra Governorate is the main economic artery for the country, as it possesses great economic resources, such as oil fields and large industrial companies, in addition to having nine border ports.
But those ports are under the control of armed groups that belong to influential political parties, threatening and killing everyone who exposes their corruption, and sources revealed that foreign companies charged with examining imported goods in one of the ports were threatened, which forced them to leave the port, and this contributed to entering the goods in a random manner.
The executors of Shalamcheh and Safwan are the vital artery of the governorate, because of their role in reviving the commercial and economic reality of Basra and Iraq.
Some members of the provincial council have repeatedly demanded their right from the border crossing imports over the past years, which are estimated at hundreds of billions according to Law No. (21) for the governorates according to Article (45), which is allocating (50%) of the border crossing imports to support the Basra budget in establishing construction projects. Infrastructure in its regions and developing its border outlets.
However, the central government and the Ministry of Finance invoke the financial crisis and the status quo, except that through studying one outlet for example, which is the Safwan outlet, it has achieved revenues from the beginning of last year to the ninth month, estimated at (146) billion dinars.
The head of the Border Ports Authority, Kazem Al-Oqabi, added that the delay in building and developing the ports with regard to the Shalamcheh ports with Iran and the Safwan port with Kuwait, and that the reason for the spread of corruption in all joints of this sector, and the obvious backwardness through the contracts that were referred to contractors who did not comply with deadlines Those contracts, indicating that the completion rate for the development of the Shalamcheh outlet is still (0%) despite the fact that the contractor has received the operational advance, while the completion rate at the Safwan port (17%) ..

the northern border outlets:
As for the Kurdistan region, it has (6) main commercial land outlets with both Turkey and Iran, responsible for supplying about (50%) of the needs of Iraqi Kurdistan in terms of food and construction materials and other materials such as auto parts, medicines, and furniture, as well as many goods that Iraq imports in a way General of the northern and eastern neighbors.
Among the most prominent outlets of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with Iran are the Haji Omran port, Bashmakh, Pervez Khan, and Karmak, in addition to other small ports used for the transportation of travelers and simple goods such as "Kelly", "Shushmi", "Tawila", and "Sheikh Saleh" , And "Pashta".
And with Turkey there are two outlets, the first is Ibrahim Al-Khalil, which is the main commercial, and the value of the trade exchange in it last year reached about (5) billion dollars, and the second is a Sereziri outlet. Iraq also has another outlet with Syria and is located within the Kurdistan region and is known as "Semalka", but it has been closed since The outbreak of the Syrian revolution.
The file of the land ports in Iraq with Iran and Turkey returns, within the borders of the Kurdistan region (north), and warns of a new crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, where the federal government accuses the officials in the region of not handing the revenues of the ports, in addition to corruption in the entry of corrupt and poor goods to the markets, where it was monitored Major violations in the region's outlets, dumping the market with imported eggs, and the heavy losses it produced for Iraqi traders and poultry farmers, and led to the layoffs of many workers with low incomes.
Governmental sources stated that "the political compliments behind the great losses Baghdad suffered at the expense of financial benefits and gains for the government of Erbil, which is unfair to other cities such as Basra, Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk."
The mutual accusations between the center and the region continue, due to the delay in delivering the proceeds of the sale of (250) thousand barrels of oil per day to Baghdad, despite the agreement concluded within the 2019 budget, according to which the Kurdistan government recognizes these revenues, to be included in Iraq's annual imports, provided that Baghdad is committed Paying the region’s dues within the general budget, like the rest of the country’s governorates.
And the volume of trade exchange at the outlets is between 12 to 16 billion dollars annually, and most of the goods go to Baghdad and other cities south, central and west of the country.
We conclude from the above that if the new government works to reduce the loss of oil wealth and eliminate corruption in the state’s joints, by setting up independent oversight bodies and an independent judiciary and working in accordance with the law, as well as activating the private sector freely and integrating it with the government sector, operating factories and developing agriculture and using means Modern to help meet the expenses of the state, and the appointment of experts in the economic affairs to develop successful plans for the management of expenditures and exports.
As for the border crossings, they need to defend the quality and safety of goods entering the Iraqi citizen, conforming to the certificate of origin and specifications, and stop counterfeiting to preserve the citizens ’attention first, and on the other hand to maintain their revenues in the outlets, such as defending oil pipelines from terrorist attacks.
This comes at a time when corruption is rampant in all parts of the state, while institutions concerned with corruption, such as the Anti-Corruption Council, the Integrity Commission and the offices of public inspectors, and Parliament have not been able to limit the size of this corruption, which has the support of highly influential parties.

This .. And the new government (Al-Kazemi’s government) must deal in countries devastated by conflict and war against ISIS, corruption, pro-Iranian parties, militias, and gangs, which have stood as an obstacle to the country's progress for years, to reconstruct what was destroyed by those conflicts and which has become an urgent need today, and those It is the task that the previous governments were unable to complete successfully, in addition to the pressure created by the protests, which is another challenge in the face of the new government. What would satisfy the people previously may not satisfy them today ...

Economic Studies Unit,
Links Center for Research and Strategic Studies

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After the pass deal, what do citizens say about the "light" parliament? How was the vote on an isolated person as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, and Harami as Minister of Iraqi Oil? 

 

Policy  ,   7/26/2020 02:00   

Baghdad - Iraq today:

 

Citizens and activists counted what was imposed today in the House of Representatives session of some specific candidates despite popular and official reservations about them, as a shot of mercy on this council, which has broken its promises and did not abide by what it said by allowing the Prime Minister to choose with full comfort his cabinet.

Where some saw that Masoud Barzani imposed his candidate Fouad Hussein to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and pass it in the House of Representatives, although he is known for separatist tendencies and tendencies as well as his sabotage role in the Federal Ministry of Finance, it indicates that the people's representatives are not free in their choices and decisions and that the last-minute agreements are the ones that settle positions. Not the will of the people and its representatives, not to mention Al-Kazemi’s submission to these pressures, which is something we must admit before everyone! 

Activist Hussein Karim, who is one of the most prominent activists in the demonstrations yards, said in a post that was followed by (Iraq Today) that what happened today unfortunately constituted a dangerous turning point in the path of things, as the government was going well, and the cabin with its ministers was good, and some of them even some of them It is excellent in terms of professionalism that went well, but the blackmail and political pressure exerted pushed the personality of the legacy of Abdul Mahdi government to the fore again, even though everyone knows that this person has racist, isolationist tendencies and is hostile to the current Iraq; He is one of the believers in dividing the country, and the supporters of the failed referendum. Rather, he is one of those who moved on the European scene strongly before the referendum to win support for secession, but his movement and his efforts were unsuccessful.

While activist Iyad Al-Halfi indicated that a suspicious deal pushed the current oil minister to the forefront, after some of our idle politicians and a few deputies (merchants) pushed this very lean, corrupt, surrounded by suspicions from all sides and ends, as it is sufficient to He has 37 judicial integrity cases! 

In contrast, Basra's deputies were not as much responsible when they were nominated for the same position, other people who were not qualified to run such an important ministry.

He pointed out that "this renunciation of the pledges and obligations by the representatives of Basra, rather, clearly reflects the presentation of sectarian self-interests over the national concern."

Blogger Alaa Al-Saadi said in a tweet followed by (Iraq Today) that what happened represents another setback in the task of political reform that we were waiting for, when politicians, and representatives of parliamentary blocs imposed corrupt personalities for these positions, and the prime minister's response to this (imposition)! 

Will the parliamentarians pass, as they pass these two ministers, on patriotism and patriotism, and in the interest of the people? 

As for the doctor and journalist Abd al-Amir al-Aboudi, he commented on the nomination of Fuad Hussein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, with the clear statement: "The Kurds passed their candidate Fuad Hussein as Minister of Foreign Affairs despite the nose of the Shiites." 

So, to keep everyone silent, we do not want a political leader or a parliamentarian talking about integrity, honor values, and principles anymore. What happened today has dropped the berries paper on Iraqi politicians, from the owners of turbans and mandates without distinction!

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