"THE CBI ISSUES 2 DECISIONS TO SUPPORT THE IQD AGAINST USD"

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KTFA:

Clare:  The Central Bank issues two decisions to support the dinar against the dollar

7/20/2023

  The Central Bank of Iraq announced, today, Thursday, that it had taken "two urgent decisions" to enhance the ability of the Iraqi dinar in front of foreign currencies to circulate within the country.

And the Central Bank media stated in a statement received by {Euphrates News} that "the collection of all cash insurances shall be in the dinar currency exclusively with regard to internal credits, bank guarantees, and letters of guarantee issued in favor of the beneficiaries (governmental and private), even if they are in the dollar currency and at the official exchange rate." 

He added, "It was decided that the payment of the sums of the letters of guarantee upon confiscation be exclusively in the Iraqi dinar and at the official exchange rate." 

The Iraqi Central Bank called, according to the statement, "all licensed banks to take the necessary measures in accordance with the above."

 

Clare:  Iraq cuts diplomatic relations with Sweden

7/20/2023

The Iraqi government decided, on Thursday, to withdraw its Chargé d'Affaires in Stockholm, and expel the Swedish ambassador from the country's lands, in protest against allowing a demonstration in which the Qur'an was torn and burned for the second time.

The government spokesman, Basem Al-Awadi, said in a statement today that the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia'a Al-Sudani, directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to withdraw the Iraqi Chargé d'Affairs from the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. 

He also directed a request from the Swedish ambassador in Baghdad to leave Iraqi territory, in response to the repeated permission of the Swedish government to burn the Noble Qur’an, insult Islamic sanctities and burn the Iraqi flag, according to Al-Awadi.    LINK

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Clare:  Al-Sadr's supporters burn the Swedish embassy.. The Foreign Ministry denounces and Stockholm holds the Iraqi authorities responsible

7/19/2023

The Swedish embassy in Baghdad was set on fire at dawn, Thursday, during a demonstration organized by supporters of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, on the eve of a gathering in Sweden in front of the Iraqi embassy whose organization intends to burn a copy of the Quran.

The attack on the Swedish embassy in Baghdad came after the Swedish police allowed the organization of a small gathering in front of the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm, where the organizer intends to burn a copy of the Koran and the Iraqi flag on Thursday.

For its part, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned in a statement "in the strongest terms" the burning of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Baghdad, calling for the launch of an "urgent investigation" into the incident.

The statement stated that "the Iraqi government instructed the competent security authorities to conduct an urgent investigation and take the necessary security measures with the aim of uncovering the circumstances of the incident and identifying the perpetrators of this act and holding them accountable according to the law."

And Silwan Momica, who wants to burn the Qur’an in Sweden today, Thursday, is an Iraqi refugee there, and on June 28 he also burned pages of a copy of the Qur’an in front of the largest mosque in Stockholm on Eid al-Adha.

In response to the storming of its embassy, the Swedish Foreign Ministry said: We condemn all attacks on diplomats and staff of international organizations. All employees of our embassy in Baghdad are safe and the ministry is in regular contact with them.

She added that the attacks on embassies and diplomats constitute a serious violation of the Vienna Convention, and the Iraqi authorities bear the responsibility to protect diplomatic missions and their personnel.    LINK

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[Luigi1]

Good find.  Thanks.