Day: December 12, 2022

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The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs chairs the fourth session of the Ministerial Council for Economy

Baghdad The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fouad Hussein, chaired today, Monday, the fourth meeting of the Ministerial Council for the Economy, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Planning, Ministers of Finance, Trade, Industry, Agriculture, Labor and Social Affairs, the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, the Governor of the Central Bank and advisors of Prime Minister for Economic and Legal Affairs.

According to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Council hosted a delegation from the Kurdistan region that included the ministers of finance and economy, natural resources, the head of the oversight office, the head of the presidential office, the representative of the Kurdistan region in Baghdad and a number of advisors and Director Generals.

The Deputy Prime Minister indicated the importance of sitting at the discussion table in order to resolve all outstanding economic issues.

This meeting began to discuss the draft federal budget law, “where the Minister of Finance, according to the statement, provided an explanation of the most important paragraphs of the draft law and what the draft included, pointing to the importance of agreeing on the paragraphs that pertain to the Kurdistan region.

For his part, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning confirmed the direction of the government and the Prime Minister in order to resolve all outstanding problems between Baghdad and Erbil, as included in the government curriculum for it, referring to the formation of three important joint committees involved in this field, and the third is concerned with the work of border crossings and related matters.

For his part, the Minister of Finance and Economy in the regional government affirmed his government’s determination to clear all outstanding and thorny issues.

At the end of the hosting, Fouad Hussein indicated the existence of common ground and the national desire to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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Head of the Integrity Commission: Restoring confidence in state institutions lies in holding the senior corrupt accountable and putting them behind bars

Baghdad Head of the Integrity Commission, Haider Hanoun, affirmed that restoring confidence in state institutions lies in holding the senior corrupt accountable, putting them behind bars, and returning corruption proceeds from public funds to the state treasury, stressing that the work platform in managing the Commission is based on the principle of reward and punishment.

Hanoun said in a speech during his meeting with the staff of the Directorates and offices of the Commission’s investigation in Baghdad and the provinces on the sidelines of the activities of the National Integrity Week: The investigations of the Commission, if they lead to the arrival of the corrupt behind bars and their removal from the job, they will contribute to creating a decent life for the citizen and economic stability.

He appreciated the blood that was shed for the sake of the homeland, whether in the battlefield against terrorist organizations or those that were shed in confronting corruption and fighting the corrupt, describing it as a project for the survival of the state and the basis on which its bases are based.

Hanoun urged the investigative staff to exert their utmost efforts in the cases they work on, strive diligently and sincerely to investigate cases of administrative and financial corruption, and to provide evidence through which the investigating judges can issue the appropriate decisions against the corrupt and the money trespassers.

He pointed out: Work in the field of combating corruption contributes to creating a happy life for the citizen, providing his strength and creating job opportunities, and contributes to eliminating drugs, unemployment and poverty.

He pointed out that “many negative phenomena and crimes result from corruption, which impedes reconstruction, investment and the provision of job opportunities, which in turn leads to the delinquency of some members of society.

Hanoun praised: the elements with competence and integrity that were able to carry out solid investigations that led to putting the corrupt behind bars. He warned against presenting personal and factional interests in their work, which requires objectivity, professionalism, high sincerity, and punishing bad elements and banishing them outside the commission.

He stressed: the necessity of restoring citizens’ confidence in state institutions and providing the appropriate environment to receive their complaints and communications, and to ensure that they are not subjected to humiliation, bargaining and extortion, as the commission’s teams diagnosed in their visits to some prisons and hospitals.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

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Iraqi participation in the meetings of the Executive Office of the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism

Baghdad The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Ahmed Fakak Al-Badrani, participated in the meetings of the 31st session of the Executive Office of the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism, which was held under the presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League.

A statement by the Ministry stated: Ahmed Issa, the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, presided over the meeting, in the presence and participation of the member states of the office, and a number of advanced Egyptian cadres in the field of tourism, transportation and public relations.

During the meeting, agenda items were discussed, which relate to many important issues to activate joint Arab action, especially with regard to the development of the Arab tourism sector, including support for the Palestinian economy in the field of tourism, a program for training human cadres in the tourism sector in Arab countries, and general Arab guiding principles to standardize registration procedures and the adoption and use of vaccines among Arab countries, and the guide to facilitated tourism, and tourism innovation and smart tourism.

It is noteworthy that the member states of the Executive Office of the Arab Ministerial Council for Tourism are Egypt, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Algeria, and the Kingdom of Morocco.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency