News, Rumors and Opinions Wednesday Morning 8-19-2020
TNT:
Tishwash: A crowded schedule for the Iraqi delegation in Washington ... and an official: our reception was 'exceptional'
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi arrived with the accompanying delegation to Washington, DC.
According to the delegation, tomorrow morning (Baghdad time) will witness a series of meetings that will focus on the economic side, including a meeting with a large number of major companies and economic institutions on the reconstruction of Iraq.
Officials in the delegation say that contracts will be signed with major companies at the level of gas, oil and electricity, in the presence of the ministers of oil, electricity and finance.
Al-Kazemi will also hold a session with American economic institutions, and start the second round of the strategic dialogue between Iraq and the United States, the first of which took place via videoconference on June 12.
Al-Kazemi is also holding a meeting with a number of American research centers.
On Thursday morning Washington time (August 20, 2020), Al-Kazemi will meet US President Donald Trump for an initial one-hour session.
The Iraqi delegation received a reception that was described as 'exceptional', as a large number of streets in the American capital were closed. link
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BigLou423: Hope everyone is ready for the RV to happen today. Because when it happens it will be “today”. It won’t be tomorrow because that never gets here and yesterday blew past. So today is the day, it’s the present we have been given!
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Footforward The Iraqi PM will likely be in Iraq when they RV. I'm hoping they announce a peace deal and a trade deal with Israel and the US... [why do you think he will be in Iraq when it happens?] pride. This has been a long time coming. He has beaten back Iran and there is alot of pride in this moment Of bringing the RV. Because it changes Iraq's status greatly.
Pimpy ...just because they get their sovereignty recognized and if they get the restrictions removed that does not mean here in the United Stated our banks are going to accept them right away. Hang tight. Nor does that mean you're going to see an instantaneous rate change. But what I think that is, is the first step forward in a positive direction but then shortly after that I hope to see a rate change announcement. That's what I'm looking forward to now.
Petra ...I think they all know what's coming. We all know what's coming. It's here. We're just going through the process to get us to that point. Whether it's before, during or right after [Kazemi's trip to Washington]. I'm of the option that they've got to do it before but that's me. I could be wrong for sure. I foresee Kazemi going back to his country with a new rate with all this business that has been committed by our president between Iraq and the U.S. which they've commented on in many articles that he will come back with his head held high, with a sovereign country, with a new currency, and a huge amount of business committed to by our government. That is what I imagine is going to come...
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KTFA:
Clare: Chevron Pursues Exploration Deal in Iraq GE, Honeywell also discussing energy deals in Iraq that would reduce country’s reliance on Iran
SNIPPET: Chevron Corp. is in talks to invest in a major Iraq oil field, according to Iraqi officials, part of a string of prospective deals with U.S. companies signaling confidence in that country’s energy industry despite years of instability and start-and-stop foreign investment. Chevron and the Iraqi government tentatively plan to sign a memorandum of understanding to develop one of Iraq’s large oil fields in the south of the country, according to these officials. The preliminary deal, if it is consummated, could be announced...
By Benoit Faucon in London, Isabel Coles in Beirut and Michael R. Gordon in Washington Updated Aug. 17, 2020 8:48 pm ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chevron-pursues-exploration-deal-in-iraq-11597677403
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