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Talabani discuss with Khalilzad & Crocker ways to strengthen relations with Washington

President Jalal Talabani, with the U.S. envoy in the Security Council, Zalmay Khalilzad, current U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker ways to strengthen relations between Iraq and the United States.

A statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic received the Independent Press Agency (Iba) a copy of today, Monday, "Talabani met on Sunday evening in Baghdad, Khalilzad and Crocker and discuss with them on the development of the political process in Iraq and ways to strengthen the bonds of friendship long and strong bilateral relations between Iraq and the United States of America Serve the higher interests between the two countries. "

President Talabani praised the role played by Khalilzad, who described the intimate friend of all segments of the Iraqi people, for his tremendous efforts to promote strong relations between Iraq and the United States of America, in the words of Talabani.

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Iraq participate in the meeting of the Council of Economic Unity

Iraq participates in 88 ministerial session of the Council of Arab Economic Unity to be held next Wednesday in Cairo, headed by Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Faiza Abu Naga. The Iraqi delegation is headed by Dr. Abdullah's trade minister.

It will be discussed at the meeting topics and issues on the agenda of the Board's proposals, particularly before the economic summit to be held in Kuwait on 19 and January 20 next global financial crisis and the negative impact on the Arab and report on the global financial crisis and the expected effects on the Arab countries in many The economic sectors most affected by the crisis and to inform the Member States to current economic developments at Arab, regional and international economic indicators and the World President.

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Owners of companies in private sector import demand to reduce gap bet them & state institutions

A number of owners of private companies to reduce the gap with the institutions of state. And that there is support for their companies at the level of development skills and experience of the workers .. As well as create new mechanisms to facilitate their work and away from the routine approach to import and export.

Abdul Hamid said Hilfi director of a Commissioner of the private sector companies: our company responsible for the production of high compression engines and high-quality specifications as the testing and equipment standardization and quality control. We have become contracts with government departments and processing of many ongoing projects that need to be so engines.

We have added production lines in the field of mechanical Ktohel industrial projects and rehabilitation of power distribution networks and install solar energy systems and other projects.

He said the problems facing the industry is the problem of dumping and commercial products that reach our markets and prices can not be subjected her. At the time found lacking the efficiency and international standards .. Calling for the need to be controls on the import process to advance by the Iraqi industries and are all imported materials, quality control, in a move to protect the local product. We also are working today to send engineers and technicians to training courses outside the country at the expense of the company. It demanded that there be a clear role for the Iraqi Federation of Industries Rphina energies trained and able leadership of scientific work at the time we need to support technological rather than physical.

Mohammed Mohsen Commissioner of the Director of a company importing medical supplies and says: we are working today on the import of supplies and medical equipment from outside the country. We have an investment plan for the future establishment of a factory for such requirements within the country through a partnership Iraqi merchants and Brazilian companies, but the lack of expertise to manage the project to prevent the implementation of the project, but in the coming period will experience available.

"There are many obstacles lie in front of us when importing medical equipment from abroad because of red tape imposed by the relevant departments. We are prohibited from importing equipment, but despite the presence of pharmaceutical specialists and doctors, we have considerable experience in the area ..Which has cost us a lot of effort and money Valshehadlani imposed on us large sums to be compared to the import process in his name. At a time investors and non-Iraqi companies have the right to introduce the devices and presented in the Iraqi market, and there are many specialists in this regard, government officials and promised to discuss the matter but to date we find a solution to our problems, although these decisions that limit our work and applied since the former regime.

He noted that the medical equipment that are imported in accordance with best international standards, and today our hospitals need it prohibits, including incubators premature and laboratory services .. And up to our health less than the prices they contracted the Ministry of Health with international companies accordingly.

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Luxury hotel, shopping mall soon in Baghdad

Baghdad’s municipal council on Monday revealed a 50-year investment plan to build a five-star hotel, a shopping mall and a theme park on the land of the 14 Tammuz Park.

“An additional area of 18 donums (1 donum= 2,500 square meters) in al-Moheet Street will also be zoned for the project,” according to a statement released by the council and received by Aswat al-Iraq, quoting Baghdad’s Mayor Sabir al-Issawi as saying.

The 15-storey hotel will be designed to accommodate a large number of visitors who arrive in the city.

Luxury hotel, shopping mall soon in Baghdad : Aswat Al Iraq

One of the most important strategic projects and the largest in the Middle East

Today .. Opening General downstream pumping station in Nasiriyah
Baghdad morning

Preparations are underway in the province of Dhi Qar, in full swing, to open a pumping station project pipe-General today, amid expectations that the presence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The project is one of the most important strategic projects in the country, and paragraph Chairperson for the operation of downstream areas along the efficient design required for the purpose of reducing the water levels in the groundwater associated ****sb Alambazl networks that serve the general area of agricultural more than six million dunams. Evidenced by the experimental operation of the station two months ago that it was working efficiently , And is the largest pumping station in the Middle East, it operates 12 large electric discharge pump design than 200 cubic meters per second, the water intake pipe and pumped through the year Alsaifun performing below the bottom of the Euphrates River to the Gulf through the Shatt al-Basra.

The project, according to the Ministry of Water Resources, will salt water central and southern Iraq through a network of interrelated Alambazl beginning of the field covered by the combined high school and then the main course is in the downstream end of the year to be paid to the Arabian Gulf.

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Demand for dollar higher on Mon.

Demand for the dollar was higher at the Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) auction on Monday, reaching $184.68 million compared to 67.295 million during the previous session.

The demand reached $36.975 million in cash, covered by the bank at a stable exchange rate of 1,179 Iraqi dinars, and $147.705 million in foreign transfers outside the country covered by the bank at a stable exchange rate of 1,176 Iraqi dinars per dollar, according to a CBI news bulletin.

None of the 16 banks that participated in today’s session offered to sell dollars.

The Central Bank of Iraq runs a daily auction from Sunday to Thursday.

Demand for dollar higher on Mon. : Aswat Al Iraq

Al-Tamim: Referendum binds the government to accept or reject the pact

Mohammed al-Tamim, an Iraqi MP from the Arabic Bloc for National Dialogue told PUKmedia website correspondent today “the referendum needs a law including three paragraphs. The first is allocating the referendum’s question, the second is the referendum succeed ratio and the third is tasking the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq to carry out the referendum.”

“The results of this referendum are binding for the government and the people will be its major reference. If the referendum’s result was positive, then the government will continue in implementing the pact. If the result was negative, then the government has to cancel the pact or renegotiate on it again.”

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President Talabani holds press conference in Sulaimani

Following his arrival at Sulaimani international airport late today, the Iraqi president Jalal Talabani held a press conference highlighting key issues about Iraq.

President Talabani said meetings of both PUK political bureau and leadership committees will start on Tuesday, indicating that the meetings are aimed to set a reform plan inside PUK, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and the democratic organizations in all aspects. Mam Jalal also pointed out that the meetings are aims at promoting bilateral relations between the Iraqi Federal Government and the KRG and to deal with suspended issues between Baghdad and Erbil through dialogue.

Mam Jalal indicated that there are many pro-Iraq leaders inside the coming American administration including Vice President-elect Joseph Biden, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton expressing his optimism on Iraq-US relations when the Obama administration takes office.

Answering a question by PUKmedia correspondent about the performance of the Iraqi premier Nouri al-Maliki, Mam Jalal said “Mr. Maliki is my friend and he got the trust of the Iraqi parliament. Mr. Maliki as any other human being has positive achievements and maybe there are some negatives. Maliki still has the trust of key Iraqi factions as well as the Iraqi parliament.”

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John McCain in Baghdad to discuss the withdrawal of troops

Search the Republican candidate, former U.S. presidential elections, Senator John McCain during a surprise visit to Iraq, Monday, with Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, the Convention on the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq, according to a statement of Hashemi's office.

The statement received by (Voices of Iraq) a copy of which was that "Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi met in his office in Baghdad, noon today (Monday), U.S. Senator and former Republican candidate in the presidential elections, John McCain, and discussed with the most important political issues and files of common interest between The two sides, in addition to the Convention on the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq. "

The statement quoted McCain as saying after the meeting, "We Hashemi discussed with the files of concern to Iraq and the United States of America, including the Security Agreement."

The House passed in the 27 month of November under the Convention on November withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq after the Iraqi government had been approved by mid-January.

The statement noted that "The meeting was attended by Senator Joseph Lieberman, and Senator Lindsay Graham on the file of detainees and human rights."

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Iraqi Oil Min: 2nd Bid Round To Involve More Fields Than 1st

The Iraq oil minister said Saturday his country will offer a second package of oil fields for tender in December.

Speaking here on the sidelines of an Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting, Hussein al-Shahristani said the new round would "involve a larger number of fields" than offered in the first bidding round.

The first bidding round for Iraq's vast hydrocarbons fields was launched in June.

http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_article...rgy-02-12-2008