Iraqi News Sunday AM 11-28-21
Iraqi News Sunday AM 11-28-21
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Al-Kazemi's Advisor: The 2022 Budget Will Focus On Implementing Investment Projects
Sunday, November 28, 2021 3:25 PM Baghdad/National News Center The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, confirmed today, Sunday, that the next year's budget is not austerity, while indicating that it will focus on implementing investment projects.
Saleh said in a press statement, "The fluctuations of the oil markets and the global economic situation will cast a shadow over the draft general budget for 2022," noting that "the next budget will focus on implementing a package of government investment projects that are in line with diversifying the economy and achieving sustainability in growth."
Saleh explained, "The 2022 budget is not austerity, but rather is subject to the principle of consolidation or financial discipline as much as possible, in order to avoid borrowing except for extreme necessities."
The Ministry of Planning, earlier, reiterated that employee salaries, social protection and other expenses were not affected by the delay in approving the general budget law for the year 2022, while referring to a small committee studying its basics. https://nnciraq.com/105225/
The Stability Of Exchange Rates For Today
Market Economy News – Baghdad The dollar exchange rates maintained their stability, on Sunday, in the local markets.
And the selling prices of the dollar were recorded at 148.250 dinars per 100 dollars, while the purchase prices of the dollar were recorded at 147.750 dinars per 100 dollars.
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During The Past Week, The Increase In Iraq's Oil Exports To America
Economie| 09:26 - 28/11/2021 Follow-up - Mawazine News, the US Energy Information Administration announced, on Sunday, that Iraq's oil exports to the United States increased during the past week.
The administration said in a report seen by Mawazine News, that "the average US imports of crude oil during the past week from nine countries amounted to 5.555 million barrels per day, an increase of 113 thousand barrels per day compared to the previous week, which amounted to 5.442 million barrels per day."
She added, "America imported crude oil from Iraq at a rate of 245,000 barrels per day during the past week, higher than the previous week, in which the average exports amounted to 42,000 barrels per day," noting that "most of America's oil revenues during the past week came from Canada, at a rate of 42,000 barrels per day."
3.572 million barrels per day, followed by Mexico, whose imports amounted to 537,000 barrels per day, followed by Saudi Arabia, whose imports amounted to 424,000 barrels per day, and Ecuador, with a quantity of 284,000 barrels per day. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=176590
Jordanian Minister Of Energy: The Infrastructure For The Electrical Connection With Iraq Will Soon Be Ready
Political 04:24 - 28/11/2021 Baghdad - Mawazine News. The Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Saleh Al-Kharabsheh, said that by the end of this year, the infrastructure will be ready to transfer Jordanian electricity to Lebanon via Syria.
The Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources added in a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Muhammad Shaker: "The Kingdom has agreed with Egypt to strengthen the electrical connection between the two countries to raise the electric capacity to 1000 megawatts or 2000 megawatts at a later time instead of 500 megawatts."
Kharabsheh indicated that the agreement contributes to encouraging and developing relations between the two countries, considering that the relationship between Jordan and Egypt is "distinguished in preparation for the expansion of electrical systems in new areas and opening them to new markets."
He stressed that Jordan seeks to strengthen relations by exchanging electrical energy at certain times between the two countries, so that electricity is exchanged on a daily basis.
Kharabsheh pointed out that the infrastructure with the Iraqi side will be ready soon, in preparation for the start of electrical exchange between Jordan and Egypt, noting that the tenders will be referred with the Iraqi side in this regard within 60 days. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=176659
Completion Of The International Access Gates Project
Sunday 28 November 2021 280 Baghdad: Esraa Al-Samarrai The Ministry of Communications has completed the international access gates project, stressing that it is an essential pillar in maintaining Iraq's electronic security.
The Director of Relations and Media at the Ministry's General Company for Communications and Informatics, spokesperson Ahmed Ibrahim, told Al-Sabah: "The ministry has completed the work of linking international access gate devices within 11 border outlets, to control the Internet capacities entering and leaving the country."
And he added, "In the same context, the ministry has allocated three geographical locations within: Baghdad, Basra and Kirkuk, to be locations for the project's devices, in order to collect all capacities in them, and then distribute them among the licensed ISPs in the country."
Ibrahim promised the project "a mainstay in maintaining Iraq's electronic security, eliminating Internet smuggling operations, in addition to supporting the Iraqi economy, in addition to complete control over websites, eliminating fraud and electronic extortion, as well as blocking fake social networking sites that spread rumors." of all kinds.”
And he indicated that the ministry's achievement also of the service management project aims to improve the work of the Internet technically, especially that the General Company for Communications and Informatics is the largest owner of infrastructure in the country, which compelled it to go to manage the communication networks in the manner of services.
The Department of Internet and Communications Services is one of the modern systems that most companies that rent the infrastructure of the Ministry of Communications operate on, especially the mobile companies that pass the service by (transit) through these systems.
The Director of Relations and Information stated that "the ministry's tireless work comes to make the work of the Internet stable, and to monitor it completely around the clock, to deal with companies with the system of analyzing the data obtained to find out the weaknesses of the network for continuous treatment and development." LINK
The Arab League Is Moving To Guarantee Iraq's Water Quotas
Sunday 28 November 2021 323 Baghdad: Duaa Abdul Amir The Ministry of Water Resources obtained a decision from the Arab Ministerial Council for Water, according to which the Arab League should approach all neighboring countries to guarantee Iraq's water quotas, and this comes at a time when Iran cut off the water supply to Kurdistan by 100 percent.
The ministry's spokesman and director of the National Center for Resource Management, Hatem Hamid, told "Al-Sabah": "The ministry asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to internationalize the issue of water, as Iran has been cutting off the common rivers from Iraq since last summer, while other periods are in it. Very low costs."
He added, "Most of the border cities with Iran were affected by these measures, and they caused problems in the rise of salt in the Shatt al-Arab, as a result of cutting off the waters of the Karun River, as well as the decline in the areas of flooding as a result of cutting off the waters of the river.
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Hamid confirmed that "Diyala governorate witnessed the prevention of cultivation in it for the current winter season, as well as the previous summer season, in addition to the impact of border villages in Sulaymaniyah governorate also with regard to agriculture and drinking water."
A spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources in the Kurdistan Region, Hussein Hama Karim, announced that Iran has cut off the water supply to the region by 100 percent.
And he indicated that 70 percent of the waters of the Sirwan River come from Iranian territory and flow into the territory of the Kurdistan region, and Iran cut off these supplies by 100 percent and changed its course, as well as the course of the Upper Zab and Lower Zab rivers, and for this reason the water levels of the rivers in the Kurdistan region decreased significantly.
In turn, the Director General of Dams in the Kurdistan Region, Akram Ahmed, warned of the noticeable decrease in water levels in dams this year, and warned of the impact of the great water scarcity on the lives of citizens, especially those who live on banks of rivers. LINK
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