Iraqi News Highlights Tuesday Evening 1-31-23
Iraqi News Highlights Tuesday Evening 1-31-23
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Parliamentary Finance Decides To Host The Ministers Of Finance And Planning Regarding The 2023 Budget
Political | 03:51 - 01/31/2023 Parliamentary Finance decides to host the Ministers of Finance and Planning regarding the 2023 budget https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=218066
The Ministry Of Interior Confirms The Arrest Of A "Good" Number Of Currency Speculators
Economie| 01:54 - 01/31/2023 Baghdad - Mawazine News, Director of Financial Crime Control at the Ministry of Interior, Brigadier General Qabas Haider Muhammad, confirmed today, Tuesday, the arrest of a "good" number of currency speculators.
Muhammad said, "Daily campaigns have been organized, regarding the rise in the exchange rate of the dollar in the local markets, to monitor manipulators and conflicting parties who do not have original approvals and are outside the legal context, and a number of them have been arrested, and they will be punished according to the law."
In a press conference, Muhammad pointed out that "there is no specific number for the arrested monopolists of the dollar," noting that it is a "good number, and legal measures have been taken against them."
He added, "There are 28 official outlets and banks, and therefore the continuous and continuous campaigns include those exploiters who do not have the approvals and fundamentals of trading to limit them." Ended https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=218053
Central Bank: We Did Not Indicate Any Increase In The Spread Of Counterfeit Currencies
01/31/2023 Baghdad - Mawazine News, the Central Bank clarified, on Tuesday, the mechanism for identifying counterfeit local currencies, and while indicating that the counterfeiting is weak, and is discovered by the public, it confirmed that it did not indicate any increase in this regard.
And the Central Bank’s advisor, Ihsan Al-Yasiri, said, “The Iraqi banknotes categories (10 thousand dinars, 25 thousand dinars, and 50 thousand dinars) include a transparent window, which has become one of the strongest paper currencies issued by the Central Bank, and it is a court paper with a transparent window and one of its characteristics is the appearance of an image of malawi. It has a white background, and it also shows the category number if the background is black.”
Al-Yasiri added, in an interview with the official news agency, which was followed by Mawazine News, that "counterfeiting currency is weak and bad, and is often discovered by the public, the banking sector, and the central bank."
He stressed that "the banknotes currently in circulation are issued by the Central Bank, and that the counterfeit notes are clear," noting that "the Central Bank did not indicate any increase in the rate of currency counterfeiting." https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=218058
Washington: We are ready to work with Baghdad to build a world-class electricity system
Economie| 02:07 - 01/31/2023 Baghdad - Mawazine News , the US Ambassador to Iraq, Elena Romanowski, affirmed, on Tuesday, her country's readiness to work with the Iraqi government to build an electricity system "on a global level." https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=218054
The US Ambassador Confirms Her Country's Refusal To Let Iraq Be An Arena Of International Conflict
Political 04:32 - 01/31/2023 Baghdad - Mawazine News, the US Ambassador, Alina Romanowski, confirmed today, Tuesday, her country's refusal for Iraq to be an arena of international conflict.
The media office of the advisor said in a statement, a copy of which was received by Mawazine News, that "Al-Araji received the US ambassador to Baghdad, Alina Romanowsky, to discuss the latest developments in the political and security situation in Iraq and the region, as well as discuss the file of the Syrian Al-Hawl camp, and the continuation of cooperation and partnership in the field of combating terrorism.”
Al-Araji stressed, according to the statement, that "Iraq is working to activate the strategic framework agreement in the economic, trade and cultural fields, as well as activate bilateral agreements between the two countries."
For her part, the US ambassador indicated, according to the statement, that "the focus on the economic aspect will be on the dialogue table with the Iraqi foreign minister during his travel to Washington," stressing her country's refusal for Iraq to be an arena of international conflict.
https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=218070
Oil Prices In World Markets
Economie| 09:02 - 01/31/2023 Follow-up - Mawazine News Oil prices fell in early Asian trading, on Tuesday, after falling by more than 2 percent in the previous session due to the threat of raising interest rates and the continued inflows of Russian crude. Brent crude futures rose 5 cents to $84.85 a barrel by 04:25 GMT. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 32 cents to $77.58. Ended 29/N33
https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=218017
Changes In The Finances.. Ending The Assignment Of The Director Of The Customs Authority And Transferring Him To Manage The Presidency Of The Insurance Company
political| 05:09 - 01/31/2023 Baghdad - Mawazine News Today, Tuesday, the Minister of Finance, Taif Sami, issued a decision to transfer the Director General of the Customs Authority, Shaker Al-Zubaidi.
An informed source said, "The Minister of Finance assigned Hassan Al-Agaili to head the General Authority for Customs." He added, "Sami assigned Shaker Al-Zubaidi to head the National Insurance Company." https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=218071
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