"Tidbits From TNT" Tuesday 8-15-2023

TNT:

CandyKisses:  Deputy: Iraq was able to convince America to withdraw its soldiers from its territory

Baghdad - Iraq Today:

The Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee confirmed that Iraq was able to convince America to remove its last soldier and separate him from the Syrian military arena.

Committee member Mohammed Hassan al-Shammari said in a press statement that "the committee hosted the Minister of Defense on negotiations with the United States of America on the security agreement and the outcomes of the meeting of the Iraqi delegation, which acted on the American side and was able to convince the other party to take out the last soldier."

Al-Shammari added, "A new security agreement with the United States of America will include the separation of the Syrian military arena from Iraq, and this is very important and distances the country from the events taking place there."

"The agreement will include the removal of the remaining advisers and trainers, not just soldiers, as needed," he said. He also stressed that "US drones will not roam Iraqi airspace without the knowledge of the government and that they are not armed at all, and this is done according to a mechanism followed according to the new security agreement."

Tishwash:  Al-Sahhaf: The foreign ministers of Iraq, Jordan and Egypt are holding a tripartite meeting in Cairo

Today, Tuesday (August 15, 2023), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the holding of a tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of Iraq, Egypt and Jordan in Cairo. 

"The foreign ministers of Iraq, Jordan and Egypt are holding a tripartite meeting in Cairo," said Ahmed al-Sahaf, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement received by "Baghdad Today."

He added, "They also review ways to enhance cooperation, coordination, and joint tripartite integration in various fields within the framework of the historical relations between the three countries." 

Today, Egyptian media sources indicated that "the meeting discussed continuous coordination and permanent consultation to enhance aspects of economic cooperation, and discussed developments in the executive position of joint projects between Cairo, Baghdad and Amman." 

The Jordanian Prime Minister, Dr. Bishr Al-Khasawneh, had previously stressed the importance of the tripartite mechanism that brings together Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, and many basic and central projects within it, which also intersect with the solid and rooted bilateral cooperation, noting that among these projects is the economic city on the border between Jordan.

And Iraq, in which the three countries have made strides towards it, and the electrical interconnection project, the first phase of which will be completed in the coming weeks. link

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CandyKisses:  Panama Canal drought hits oil and gas tanker traffic

Information/follow-up...

The Financial Times reported that tankers, including those carrying natural gas, remained parked for long periods in the Panama Canal zone due to traffic restrictions following the drought.

Earlier, the Panama Canal administration reduced the number of cargo trips and banned ships carrying heavy loads from using the corridor against the backdrop of severe drought that lasted for months.

The newspaper quoted shipping agency Norton Lilly as saying that "the average waiting time for large tankers carrying LNG north through the canal increased from eight days to 18 days."

The newspaper added, quoting Xeneta, that "the average cost of an urgent shipment of a 40-foot (12-meter) container from China to the United States, via the canal, rose by 36 percent and amounted to $2.4 thousand." 

According to industry officials, the potential for traffic disruptions for tankers carrying LNG has increased, as container ships often book access to the route several months in advance.

The paper notes that "more than 3 percent of the world's trade, including gas and fruit from South America, passes through the nearly 110-year-old canal that provides Panama's main income."

In addition to the problems related to the functioning of the Panama Canal, the abnormal decrease in rainfall this year is harming livestock and crop production, as local producers have already lost thousands of hectares of crops. ended 25 n

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