Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday AM 10-19-21
Zig’s Place Chatroom News Tuesday AM 10-19-21
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Butterfly The exchange rate of the dollar in the local market - Tuesday 19 October 2021 The dollar exchange rates recorded, today, Tuesday, a slight decrease in the local markets.
And the selling prices of the dollar recorded 148.250 dinars per 100 dollars, and its purchase prices were 147.750 dinars per 100 dollars. https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=934079
butterfly Iraq signs an agreement with the UAE to protect and encourage investment
Tuesday 19 October 2021 The United Arab Emirates signed, today, Tuesday, an agreement with Iraq on the protection and promotion of investment.
The agreement, which was signed at the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, in the presence of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, Younis Haji Al-Khoury, and Chairman of the National Investment Authority, Suha Al-Najjar, aims to stimulate foreign investment by protecting economic cooperation between the two countries, providing and developing the appropriate climate for investment, and ensuring a comprehensive balance between the obligations and rights between the investors and the host country, thus stimulating business initiatives for sustainable economic development.
The terms of the agreement stipulate facilitating the establishment of mutual investments and granting licenses for these investments, and protecting the investments of both sides from all non-commercial risks, such as nationalization, confiscation, judicial seizure and freezing.
The agreement also includes fair and immediate compensation to the investor for his investment in the event of its appropriation for the public interest, in accordance with the law and without discrimination, provided that the value of the compensation is according to the market value of the investment before it was seized.
The undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Finance stressed the importance of signing an agreement to protect and encourage investment between his country and the Republic of Iraq, which emphasizes building investment partnerships in various economic and financial fields, in a way that encourages the growth of investments and achieves mutual benefits for the two countries, and also emphasizes the two countries' efforts to deepen and strengthen bilateral relations between them. https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=934083
butterfly The Council of Ministers holds its session headed by Al-Kazemi
Tuesday 19 October 2021 https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=934100
butterfly 2021-10-19 06:44 Shafaq News/ Kurds are adamant about retaining the Presidency of the Iraqi Republic, the Kurdistan Democratic Party's Politburo Secretary, Fadhel al-Mirani, said in a statement on Tuesday.
In a press conference held earlier today, al-Mirani said, "we are the second largest nationality in Iraq. We deserve this position." "We are a part of our this country. Arabs already have two sovereign positions."
"We insist upon retaining this position. We will appoint the suitable person to it, not some useless person." https://www.shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/KDP-no-useless-person-will-take-over-Iraq-s-Presidency
butterfly 2021-10-19 04:46 Shafaq News/ The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq revealed the deadline for announcing the final results of the parliamentary elections.
Imad Jamil, a member of the Commission's media team, told Shafaq News Agency, "After 17 days, and after all the submitted appeals are resolved, the final results of the early parliamentary elections will be announced."
Jamil indicated, "today was the last date for submitting appeals from candidates and political entities," noting, "we have so far received 1,300 appeals against the results of the parliamentary elections."
He pointed out that all the appeals submitted do not prove the existence of fraud within the electoral stations, adding that they will be taken into consideration by the competent committees.
Last Saturday, IHEC announced the full results of the early parliamentary elections that took place on October 10.
The head of IHEC's board of commissioners, Adnan Jalil Khalaf, said in a press conference that the commission had completed the audit of the 3,681 stations.
He explained that the results were added to the previously announced preliminary results, noting that the full results were published on the Commission's website.
Khalaf said that the commission was not affected by any political conflict. https://www.shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/The-Parliamentary-elections-results-will-be-announced-after-17-days-IHEC-reveals
butterfly 2021-10-18 13:17 Shafaq News/ Kurdistan’s Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, mourned the former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died on Monday.
“I’m saddened by the passing of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a lifelong friend of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.
We worked closely together to rid the country of dictatorship. I know he sought lasting peace for the region.
My thoughts are with his family -mb.” Barzani said on Twitter.
Colin Luther Powell was an American politician, diplomat, and four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American Secretary of State.
Powell, who was being treated for multiple myeloma, died at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center of complications from COVID-19 at the age of 84. He had been vaccinated, but his treatment had left his immune system compromised. https://www.shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan/Kurdistan-s-Prime-Minister-mourns-the-former-US-Secretary-of-State
butterfly UAE signs deal with Iraq to protect and promote investments
The two countries agree to protect their investments from all non-commercial risks and boost foreign capital https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2021/10/19/uae-signs-deal-with-iraq-to-protect-and-promote-investments/ The UAE has signed an agreement with Iraq to promote and protect mutual investments, as the Emirates seeks to strengthen economic co-operation with a number of different countries.
The accord, signed by the UAE Ministry of Finance and Iraq's National Investment Commission, will boost foreign investment in both countries by providing a suitable investment environment and secure a balance between rights and obligations between investors and the host country, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
“This helps enhance the UAE’s competitiveness and investment attractiveness on the global competitiveness map,” said Younis Al Khoori, undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance.
The UAE and Iraq have been strengthening trade ties, with a flurry of deals signed by companies in recent months.
Earlier this month, UAE energy company Masdar signed a deal with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity and National Investment Commission to build power stations in five locations across Iraq.
Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi Ports Group signed a preliminary agreement last month with the General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI), to explore potential investment opportunities and strengthen co-operation in transportation and maritime sectors.
butterfly The UAE-Iraq accord protects both countries' investments from all non-commercial risks, including nationalisation, confiscation, judicial seizures and freezing, according to the statement.
Signing such agreements reaffirms UAE’s keenness to “protect Emirati investments abroad” and provide the “appropriate environment to attract foreign investments in accordance with a legal and legislative system that is in line with best international practices”, Mr Al Khoori said.
It also covers “transfer of profits and revenues in convertible currency and provides investors a just and immediate compensation for their investments in case of their appropriation for the public interest”, the ministry said.
The UAE has signed 103 bilateral agreements to protect and encourage investment with different countries around the world, the ministry said.
Iraq, the second-largest oil producer in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, has taken tentative steps to restructure its economy away from fossil-fuel dependency as the world prepares to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
The World Bank estimates Iraq’s economy will grow 1.9 per cent this year, and expand 6.3 per cent over the next two years, on the back of rebounding oil prices and rising Opec+ production quotas. Non-oil gross domestic product is forecast to recover in 2021, growing by 5.5 per cent.
Updated: October 19th 2021, 6:04 AM
butterfly Head of the Sadrist Movement's political body: The government will be formed in record time
Tuesday 19 October 2021 The head of the political body of the Sadrist movement, Nassar al-Rubaie, said that the government will be formed in record time.
The Commission's media said in a statement: "Al-Rubaie met at the Commission's headquarters in Baghdad, the Russian Ambassador to Iraq, Elbrus Kutrashev. During the meeting, they discussed all developments on the local and international arenas, issues and files of common interest, and the results of the elections that took place this October."
Al-Rubaie confirmed that the negotiations are going comfortably and very well, and there are great understandings, and the government will be formed in record time.
Al-Rubaie stressed that there are some parties that called before the elections for a political majority, but after losing it they want political consensus without explicitly declaring it, and they want with this consensus to keep the state walking the lame gait and touching the blind’s touch, pointing out that it must be binary (authority - opposition) for our faith The existence of real oversight from the opposition on the government to evaluate and monitor its performance.
For his part, the Russian ambassador congratulated the Sadrist bloc on its victory in the 2021 legislative elections, expressing his country's readiness to support Iraq and cooperate with it in various fields. https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=934115
butterfly The Central Bank supervises the opening of the vaults of its building in Mosul
Tuesday 19 October 2021 The Central Bank of Iraq announced the opening of the vaults of the site of its building in the city of Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, today, Tuesday, noting that there are a number of bags of banknotes submerged in groundwater that leaked into the building as a result of the air strike on the building during the operations of clearing the governorate.
The Central Bank of Iraq referred to the approach of the Nineveh Operations Command to assign a specialized force to examine the building, including the bank’s buried safes under the rubble, to ensure that they are free of any security threats, to begin the reconstruction of its branch building in Mosul.
He explained that "a team was formed, headed by the Director of National Security in the province and the membership of a number of other security agencies in addition to the director of the Central Bank of Iraq branch in Mosul. After the committee members attended this morning, Tuesday, to the site of the Central Bank building, the bank's vaults were opened and a number of bags were found.
The banknotes submerged in the groundwater that leaked into the building as a result of the air strike on the building during the governorate’s disinfection operations, noting that “the technical committee is extracting treasury assets to be deposited in the central bank until the end of the inventory procedures.” https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=934124
butterfly Protesters on the roofs of a number of buildings on the outskirts of the Green Zone Tuesday 19 October 2021 https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=934131
butterfly An American archaeological excavation mission visits Al-Muthanna Governorate
Tuesday 19 October 2021 https://ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=934121 ............. boy would I love to be there and see what they find.
butterfly THIS ONE IS FOR YOU @DAVE: Al-Maliki’s return… a head hits the chest wall
10-19-2021 Al-Malikis return... a head hits the chest wallFormer Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeks to win the largest parliamentary bloc, and to return again to the premiership. The State of Law Coalition; The winner is 36 seats. He does not hide these ambitions, but he is facing his opponent, Muqtada al-Sadr, and his allies from the losing factions, which are looming with military action on the ground.
A source close to al-Maliki said that al-Maliki “tested all the winners of the elections about their orientations in the coalition.” He is now considering the next step. According to leaders in the State of Law Coalition; “Al-Maliki wants to form the largest bloc, without excluding his traditional opponents in the Shiite arena.”
Al-Maliki is seen, seven years after his departure from the presidency, as a “man of crisis”, with a history of problematic political and security incidents, but the results of the recent elections put him again on the path of competition. Al-Maliki is superior to many in his ability to negotiate, and his ability to design political messages, adapting them to the public at times, and to his partners or opponents at other times. However, the choice to trust him is still questionable and divided.
During the past few days, the writer conducted interviews with 3 Iraqi leaders, who were known for their opponents of al-Maliki between 2010 and 2014, and collected contradictory impressions about the current scene. The summary of those dialogues showed that al-Maliki is able to “set the Shiite rhythm” and end the engines of turmoil among the forces on the ground, but he is also “inclined to turn against partners, and he has ambitions to limit influence to his hand and his entourage.”
butterfly All Iraqi political forces are reluctant to show a clear position on joining an alliance led by al-Maliki. With regard to the Sunni and Kurdish blocs, they prefer “waiting for a Shiite-Shiite consensus to address the crisis caused by the losers in the polls.”
A Kurdish political advisor says: “The calculations are complicated! If we agree with al-Maliki, what will al-Sadr do? Where will the weapons of the factions, whose seats in Parliament have fallen to about 20, go?
but chest; The winner of 73 seats in the new parliament confuses al-Maliki’s calculations. The latter is also aware that “the Sadrist movement” leads the list of winners with the largest number of seats.
Although al-Maliki actually began designing his strategy for the major bloc; It provides political support for those objecting to the election results, and to a large extent agrees with the factions that accuse the authorities of rigging them. the case; This will not be a contradiction, but rather a maneuver by al-Maliki to open a window of agreement between him and the others.
Among the options that seem available to al-Maliki is to take advantage of the pressure exerted by the factions on the street, to reach an understanding with al-Sadr to settle differences and form a major bloc that offers some guarantees to the losers. “Al-Maliki knows, despite everything, that he is unable to oust al-Sadr”; Says a senior politician from “the rule of law.”
butterfly A source from within “State of Law” says that al-Maliki believes that the international community – the United States in particular – does not prefer dealing with a Sadrist government, under a political platform that raises anti-Western slogans. It seems that al-Maliki is trying to formulate a hypothesis that will force al-Sadr to negotiate.
On the other hand; The chest seems calmer than necessary. The last time he sent a message to al-Maliki, was when one of his aides tweeted about the mistakes and mistakes of the “Dawa Party”, but it included a veiled reference to the negotiation: “He (Al-Maliki) tried and did not succeed … and the tried does not try.”
But the chest itself; Whoever insisted on an exclusive Sadrist government has relatively retreated from that. He wrote last week that “winning first in the elections is not more important than meeting the needs of all Iraqis.”
the case; Negotiations to form the new government will not be easy at all. The results, which appear to be mathematically decisive, open the door to difficulties in terms of disengaging or exaggerating the conflict between Maliki and al-Sadr.
Butterfly Zig did you read the article about Maliki............OMG.
Dave Thanks.......? Sometimes no news is good news......!
butterfly Maliki wants to rob Iraq again......of course that is my opinion.
Dave Recollect those days when we would not see a dime until Maliki gets hauled away in chains?
Doug_W I say use a preciously used and proven strong rope on him
Dave Demonstrators queuing up outside the Green Zone even before the official announcement of election results
butterfly The Commission reveals the deadline for announcing the final results of the early elections
2021-10-19 01:20 The Commission reveals the deadline for announcing the final results of the early electionsShafaq News/ The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq revealed today, Tuesday, the deadline for announcing the final results of the early parliamentary elections.
Imad Jamil, a member of the media team of the commission, told Shafaq News Agency, “After 17 days, the final results of the early parliamentary elections will be announced, after all the appeals submitted have been resolved.”
Jamil indicated that “today was the last date for submitting appeals from candidates and political entities,” explaining that “we have so far received 1,300 appeals against the results of the parliamentary elections.”
He pointed out that “all the appeals submitted do not prove the existence of fraud within the electoral stations,” noting that “these will be considered by the competent committees.”
Last Saturday, the Independent High Electoral Commission published the full results of the early parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday, the tenth of October.
The head of the commission’s board of commissioners, Adnan Jalil Khalaf, said in a press conference broadcast on state television, that the commission had completed the audit of the 3,681 quarantined stations.
butterfly He added that the results of the quarantined stations were added to the previously announced preliminary results, noting that the full results were published on the Commission’s website.
Khalaf pointed out that these results are preliminary and can be challenged.
He said that the commission was not affected by any political conflict, adding, “We are committed to standing at the same distance from all political forces.” shafaq.com
butterfly Doug_W he needs all of that dinar he stole returned and then follow your instructions.
Dave that would be lynching mentality......chains first ......trial....then noose
Dave but what of diplomatic immunity....he maintained his seat......AGAIN......!
Doug_W butterfly AMEN
butterfly Dave at this point, I don't want to be so nice. Think of what the citizens of Iraq have gone through, WHY put them through it again.
Dave Qourum......165 votes would be nice
Dave what of requiring a super majority?
butterfly I have to post this with a point if you can get it. I had a boss that got many pats on the back, hoorah what a great company man, etc etc AND this is what he did, he praised me for taking care of him throughout all those years. and I should be the one getting all the praise. With that being said, the citizens of Iraq are the ones that put up with all the * Maliki has spewed but never ever get an acknowledgement on what they have done.
Dave If they can seat a GOVT rapidly........may hold some promise?
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