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Wealthwatch Sunday Member Chat 10-04-15 Part 2 of 2
chattels: " ......... the need for a practical mechanism for the development of investment in the country and to accelerate the adoption of the second amendment of the law as soon as possible mode. "
chattels: " ....... a meeting of the chairman and members of the economic and investment commission in Parliament, in the presence of Vice-President of the House of Representatives Aram Sheikh Mohammed and Chairman of the board of Investment Sami al-Araji, to discuss the possibility of a vote on the second amendment to the law of investment in the coming period ."
chattels: "the importance of supporting investment projects and the trend towards sweeten the owners of foreign capital and provide a safe environment for them, and to all investors at home and abroad, to enter into this project which significantly contribute to the strengthening and economic development wheel in the country, in addition to reducing unemployment."
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Wealthwatch Sunday Member Chat 10-04-15 Part 2 of 2
chattels: " ......... the need for a practical mechanism for the development of investment in the country and to accelerate the adoption of the second amendment of the law as soon as possible mode. "
chattels: " ....... a meeting of the chairman and members of the economic and investment commission in Parliament, in the presence of Vice-President of the House of Representatives Aram Sheikh Mohammed and Chairman of the board of Investment Sami al-Araji, to discuss the possibility of a vote on the second amendment to the law of investment in the coming period ."
chattels: "the importance of supporting investment projects and the trend towards sweeten the owners of foreign capital and provide a safe environment for them, and to all investors at home and abroad, to enter into this project which significantly contribute to the strengthening and economic development wheel in the country, in addition to reducing unemployment."
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chattels: This is the meeting referenced by Kaperoni.
chattels: 10-3-2015 Newshound Guru Kaperoni Article quote: "the Committee of Economy and Investment Authority hold on Sunday a consultative meeting for the purpose of Search Investment Law and the addition of some paragraphs." Looks like last Tuesday or Wednesday they met and reviewed or made changed (second amendment) of the Investment Law. And now a meeting is scheduled for tomorrow to see it its ready to go to a vote or not. chattels: That " tomorrow " is / was today.
chattels: Here is an example of the difference between good analysis of the news and sensationalism :
chattels: http://ift.tt/1LKsacv...
http://ift.tt/1WGQ4I7
chattels: The number of military engagements in Ramadi is on the increase and the body counts are rising. http://ift.tt/1XgJqJG...
http://ift.tt/1O9d6Cv
chattels: Minister Of Finance Meets Chinese Ambassador To Baghdad 01/10/2015 16:38 BAGHDAD / NINA/ Finance Minister, Hoshyar Zebari discussed with Wang Yong, Chinese Ambassador in Iraq, and his accompanying delegation economic and trade relations between the two countries.
According to a statement of the Ministry of Finance, the two sides discussed the means that China could help Iraq through to get out from its interim financial crisis and avoid budget deficit.
They also reviewed the various projects carried out by Chinese companies in Iraq and China large possibilities, which contribute in the strategic infrastructure projects and other projects . chattels: http://ift.tt/1LKsacv...
http://ift.tt/1VxUOTp
chattels: Parliament reconvenes on tomorrow : http://ift.tt/1LEwWYk...
http://ift.tt/1OPcWDG
chattels: Courtesy of sczin11 : Abadi attacking al-Maliki and he describes as "governor and selected age" and must be held accountable
chattels: Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attacked the corruption he described as "the ruler and the selected age" in previous governments, including the distribution of donations in times of elections.
Ebadi said at a news conference today: "are continuing to reduce government spending and we Qllnah either to the lowest level of wealth that has been lost over the past years and how it happened that this needs to be held accountable."
Announced: we provided 700 billion dinars from three presidencies to reduce the salaries, "he asked Abadi," Why does not have a cash reserve government, "noting" received government in its treasury only $ 3 billion and there are $ 15 billion in debt and we are up to the month of July we pay benefits oil companies for the past years. "
He added, "Is it acceptable that the policy of the country are moving this way and lose wealth in those years? With the opulence of the previous governments and increased bidding by al-Maliki Is that permissible? ".
He stressed, "this may not be the property of not being one because it belongs to the people and no one has the right be so kind to people and gives them increases even elect him and this is not true." chattels: wealthwatch.world/showthr...
http://ift.tt/1VxUMuL
chattels: From sczinn11 / the forum : said al-Araji "We say by virtue of our knowledge, Mr. Prime Minister and we worked closely with him, that he is serious about the implementation of those reforms,
but that this implementation requires cooperation from everyone and denial of the same fact that some of these reforms will require legislation in the House of Representatives and others of which require practical steps in institutions State of ministries and bodies. "
chattels: We have been saying here for some time - contrary to the pundits declared immediacy - " that implementation of .... reforms, ............ requires cooperation from everyone ................some of these reforms will require legislation in the House of Representatives and others of which require practical steps in institutions State of ministries and bodies. " chattels: wealthwatch.world/showthr...
http://ift.tt/1WGQ6zR
whitelions: Secretariat of the Council of Ministers decided to wait to send the oil and gas law to parliament......BAGHDAD / Sky Press: revealed the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary, Sunday, lingered on the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to send oil and gas law to parliament for approval.
Deputy Chairman of the Committee Ali Fayad, in a press statement, said that his committee "asked the government to send oil and gas law, but the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers received we have to wait in it," adding that "the law is one of the important laws that regulate the work between the center and the region."
"The Parliament of waiting for the government to send the law for the purpose of discussion and voting on it." The oil and gas law variant of the laws by the political blocs. http://ift.tt/1WGQ4I9...
http://ift.tt/1VxUML2
TxBrand: :cwy: what else to we expect ... lol how many of you said " I knew it " another delay
Doug_W: NOT me Tx
OOTW: HIYA DOUG!
OOTW: HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
OOTW: HIYA EVERYONE..PLEASE SEE THIS PRESS RELEASE FROM PARLIAMENT AND IN THIS THREAD IS ANOTHER CONNECTING LINK TO IRAQ'S EVOLVING STATUS WITHIN THE INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION http://ift.tt/1SAKXau...
TxBrand: ‹@Doug_W› lol
OOTW: from the parliament site
[10/04/2015 01:05:10 PM] OOTW: Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture take part in the Economic Forum organized by the Investment Promotion Centre and the Iraqi reconstruction 04 October 0.2015
MP participated Furat al-Tamimi Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, water and marsh on Saturday 3/10/2015 in economic symposium sponsored by the parliamentary Finance Committee and the Central Bank of Iraq organized by the Investment Promotion and Iraqi reconstruction Center
under the title "five trillion loan, the mechanism and the reality of the application and its economic impact on sustainable development".
He called Tamimi during a speech at a symposium held in the Mansour Hotel in Baghdad to the need for controls and monitoring tools in order to protect these loans and to ensure its support for the agricultural sector, stressing the need to support the local product by activating the customs tariff law.
MP Furat al-Tamimi involvement of local governments in the provinces to grant these loans, hoping that this loan supports the promotion of the agricultural sector.
OOTW: http://ift.tt/1SAKXau...
http://ift.tt/1VxUML4
OOTW: FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE SITE
OOTW: Finance Minister receives Regional Director of the World Bank Sunday 4 October 2015 [Image: 123.JPG] Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari received this evening Day 4 Tcheran Alaol 2014 Mr. Farid Belhaj Regional Director of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa accompanied by Mr. Robert presence of the Special Representative in Iraq. [Image: 213.JPG]
During the meeting, they discussed the evolving relations between Iraq and the World Bank and the means by which the Bank can financial and technical assistance to Iraq Bmayshl overcome the financial crisis afflicting the time being.
The Minister stressed Iraq's desire to take advantage of the mechanism of development policy loan to support the budget in order to narrow the financial gap as well as to finance some of the investment projects during 2015.
In this context it has been considered in the work of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to be held in Lima / Peru in the coming days and take advantage of this opportunity to hold several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Fund and World Bank meeting for the purpose of providing financial support for Iraq through the frameworks and mechanisms available in both table the two institutions.
OOTW: THIS ALSO FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE SITE
OOTW: Today hosted the October 4, 2015 the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives, headed by Dr. Ahmad Chalabi, Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari and general managers of the departments of public debt and the budget, accounting and Inspector General of the Ministry and Omthel for the General Authority for taxes.
It was inMeeting to discuss and exchange views on the position of the internal and external public debt and the issuance of foreign bonds and the implementation of the 2015 budget, in the field of revenues and expenses have also been discussing the draft 2016 budget law and the commitment of the Ministry of Finance lifted in time timings specified in the Financial Administration Act.
Mr. Minister of Finance and stressed the importance of transparency and continuity between the Ministry of Finance and the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives and the ministry is ready to provide the necessary information of the Finance Committee according to the contexts in force in order to overcome the financial crisis and improve the economic and financial situation of the country. OOTW: http://ift.tt/1SAKXau...
http://ift.tt/1VxUML4
*SCZIN11: Abadi opens the gates of the Green Zone in front of movement of citizens in Baghdad
*SCZIN11: Sunday October 42 015 - 19:32 Green Zone in BaghdadSaad al-Hadithi spokesman, announced the Office of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday that the latter opened the Green Zone in Baghdad in front of movement of citizens,
noting that it comes from in order to contribute to the lifting of barriers for the movement of citizens in the neighborhoods of the capital and the implementation of government reforms.
A newborn in a statement received radio tow copy of "The Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, opened the evening, the green area in front of movement of citizens in response to popular demands and to facilitate the movement of citizens and the implementation of the guidance previously issued by Abadi to the leaderships of the band and operations of Baghdad, after completing the necessary in this regard actions ".
The newborn, that "it was the opening of the entrances of the Green Zone, on the one hand Allawi hand suspension bridge towards the Square celebrations in order to contribute to facilitate the movement of citizens and raise barriers for movement in the neighborhoods of the capital and the implementation of government reforms".
The head of the Council of Ministers issued on 28 August 2015 ordered the relevant security to establish the necessary leadership to open the Green Zone to the citizens arrangements.
*SCZIN11: wealthwatch.world/showthr...
http://ift.tt/1WGQ6Q7
chattels: 10-3-2015 Newshound Guru Kaperoni Article quote: "the Committee of Economy and Investment Authority hold on Sunday a consultative meeting for the purpose of Search Investment Law and the addition of some paragraphs." Looks like last Tuesday or Wednesday they met and reviewed or made changed (second amendment) of the Investment Law. And now a meeting is scheduled for tomorrow to see it its ready to go to a vote or not. chattels: That " tomorrow " is / was today.
chattels: Here is an example of the difference between good analysis of the news and sensationalism :
chattels: http://ift.tt/1LKsacv...
http://ift.tt/1WGQ4I7
chattels: The number of military engagements in Ramadi is on the increase and the body counts are rising. http://ift.tt/1XgJqJG...
http://ift.tt/1O9d6Cv
chattels: Minister Of Finance Meets Chinese Ambassador To Baghdad 01/10/2015 16:38 BAGHDAD / NINA/ Finance Minister, Hoshyar Zebari discussed with Wang Yong, Chinese Ambassador in Iraq, and his accompanying delegation economic and trade relations between the two countries.
According to a statement of the Ministry of Finance, the two sides discussed the means that China could help Iraq through to get out from its interim financial crisis and avoid budget deficit.
They also reviewed the various projects carried out by Chinese companies in Iraq and China large possibilities, which contribute in the strategic infrastructure projects and other projects . chattels: http://ift.tt/1LKsacv...
http://ift.tt/1VxUOTp
chattels: Parliament reconvenes on tomorrow : http://ift.tt/1LEwWYk...
http://ift.tt/1OPcWDG
chattels: Courtesy of sczin11 : Abadi attacking al-Maliki and he describes as "governor and selected age" and must be held accountable
chattels: Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attacked the corruption he described as "the ruler and the selected age" in previous governments, including the distribution of donations in times of elections.
Ebadi said at a news conference today: "are continuing to reduce government spending and we Qllnah either to the lowest level of wealth that has been lost over the past years and how it happened that this needs to be held accountable."
Announced: we provided 700 billion dinars from three presidencies to reduce the salaries, "he asked Abadi," Why does not have a cash reserve government, "noting" received government in its treasury only $ 3 billion and there are $ 15 billion in debt and we are up to the month of July we pay benefits oil companies for the past years. "
He added, "Is it acceptable that the policy of the country are moving this way and lose wealth in those years? With the opulence of the previous governments and increased bidding by al-Maliki Is that permissible? ".
He stressed, "this may not be the property of not being one because it belongs to the people and no one has the right be so kind to people and gives them increases even elect him and this is not true." chattels: wealthwatch.world/showthr...
http://ift.tt/1VxUMuL
chattels: From sczinn11 / the forum : said al-Araji "We say by virtue of our knowledge, Mr. Prime Minister and we worked closely with him, that he is serious about the implementation of those reforms,
but that this implementation requires cooperation from everyone and denial of the same fact that some of these reforms will require legislation in the House of Representatives and others of which require practical steps in institutions State of ministries and bodies. "
chattels: We have been saying here for some time - contrary to the pundits declared immediacy - " that implementation of .... reforms, ............ requires cooperation from everyone ................some of these reforms will require legislation in the House of Representatives and others of which require practical steps in institutions State of ministries and bodies. " chattels: wealthwatch.world/showthr...
http://ift.tt/1WGQ6zR
whitelions: Secretariat of the Council of Ministers decided to wait to send the oil and gas law to parliament......BAGHDAD / Sky Press: revealed the Commission on oil and energy parliamentary, Sunday, lingered on the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to send oil and gas law to parliament for approval.
Deputy Chairman of the Committee Ali Fayad, in a press statement, said that his committee "asked the government to send oil and gas law, but the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers received we have to wait in it," adding that "the law is one of the important laws that regulate the work between the center and the region."
"The Parliament of waiting for the government to send the law for the purpose of discussion and voting on it." The oil and gas law variant of the laws by the political blocs. http://ift.tt/1WGQ4I9...
http://ift.tt/1VxUML2
TxBrand: :cwy: what else to we expect ... lol how many of you said " I knew it " another delay
Doug_W: NOT me Tx
OOTW: HIYA DOUG!
OOTW: HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
OOTW: HIYA EVERYONE..PLEASE SEE THIS PRESS RELEASE FROM PARLIAMENT AND IN THIS THREAD IS ANOTHER CONNECTING LINK TO IRAQ'S EVOLVING STATUS WITHIN THE INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION http://ift.tt/1SAKXau...
TxBrand: ‹@Doug_W› lol
OOTW: from the parliament site
[10/04/2015 01:05:10 PM] OOTW: Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture take part in the Economic Forum organized by the Investment Promotion Centre and the Iraqi reconstruction 04 October 0.2015
MP participated Furat al-Tamimi Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, water and marsh on Saturday 3/10/2015 in economic symposium sponsored by the parliamentary Finance Committee and the Central Bank of Iraq organized by the Investment Promotion and Iraqi reconstruction Center
under the title "five trillion loan, the mechanism and the reality of the application and its economic impact on sustainable development".
He called Tamimi during a speech at a symposium held in the Mansour Hotel in Baghdad to the need for controls and monitoring tools in order to protect these loans and to ensure its support for the agricultural sector, stressing the need to support the local product by activating the customs tariff law.
MP Furat al-Tamimi involvement of local governments in the provinces to grant these loans, hoping that this loan supports the promotion of the agricultural sector.
OOTW: http://ift.tt/1SAKXau...
http://ift.tt/1VxUML4
OOTW: FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE SITE
OOTW: Finance Minister receives Regional Director of the World Bank Sunday 4 October 2015 [Image: 123.JPG] Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari received this evening Day 4 Tcheran Alaol 2014 Mr. Farid Belhaj Regional Director of the World Bank for the Middle East and North Africa accompanied by Mr. Robert presence of the Special Representative in Iraq. [Image: 213.JPG]
During the meeting, they discussed the evolving relations between Iraq and the World Bank and the means by which the Bank can financial and technical assistance to Iraq Bmayshl overcome the financial crisis afflicting the time being.
The Minister stressed Iraq's desire to take advantage of the mechanism of development policy loan to support the budget in order to narrow the financial gap as well as to finance some of the investment projects during 2015.
In this context it has been considered in the work of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to be held in Lima / Peru in the coming days and take advantage of this opportunity to hold several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Fund and World Bank meeting for the purpose of providing financial support for Iraq through the frameworks and mechanisms available in both table the two institutions.
OOTW: THIS ALSO FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE SITE
OOTW: Today hosted the October 4, 2015 the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives, headed by Dr. Ahmad Chalabi, Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari and general managers of the departments of public debt and the budget, accounting and Inspector General of the Ministry and Omthel for the General Authority for taxes.
It was inMeeting to discuss and exchange views on the position of the internal and external public debt and the issuance of foreign bonds and the implementation of the 2015 budget, in the field of revenues and expenses have also been discussing the draft 2016 budget law and the commitment of the Ministry of Finance lifted in time timings specified in the Financial Administration Act.
Mr. Minister of Finance and stressed the importance of transparency and continuity between the Ministry of Finance and the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives and the ministry is ready to provide the necessary information of the Finance Committee according to the contexts in force in order to overcome the financial crisis and improve the economic and financial situation of the country. OOTW: http://ift.tt/1SAKXau...
http://ift.tt/1VxUML4
*SCZIN11: Abadi opens the gates of the Green Zone in front of movement of citizens in Baghdad
*SCZIN11: Sunday October 42 015 - 19:32 Green Zone in BaghdadSaad al-Hadithi spokesman, announced the Office of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday that the latter opened the Green Zone in Baghdad in front of movement of citizens,
noting that it comes from in order to contribute to the lifting of barriers for the movement of citizens in the neighborhoods of the capital and the implementation of government reforms.
A newborn in a statement received radio tow copy of "The Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, opened the evening, the green area in front of movement of citizens in response to popular demands and to facilitate the movement of citizens and the implementation of the guidance previously issued by Abadi to the leaderships of the band and operations of Baghdad, after completing the necessary in this regard actions ".
The newborn, that "it was the opening of the entrances of the Green Zone, on the one hand Allawi hand suspension bridge towards the Square celebrations in order to contribute to facilitate the movement of citizens and raise barriers for movement in the neighborhoods of the capital and the implementation of government reforms".
The head of the Council of Ministers issued on 28 August 2015 ordered the relevant security to establish the necessary leadership to open the Green Zone to the citizens arrangements.
*SCZIN11: wealthwatch.world/showthr...
http://ift.tt/1WGQ6Q7
chattels: LONDON – The war with Islamic extremists in Iraq would have gone differently if Britain had sent soldiers into battle instead of only training Iraqi and Kurdish forces, the UK’s former security envoy to Iraq and the Kurdistan Region said.
In a BBC interview Lt. Gen. Sir Simon Mayall, who was also the former senior advisor for the Middle East from 2011-2015, criticized the UK’s “inadequate response” to the war against the Islamic State group (ISIS).
“If we had taken the decision early on that we were not simply going to train the Iraqi security forces and the Kurds but we were going to accompany them into battle, we would have found that the leverage we would have achieved in terms of capability on the battlefield would be massively higher,” Mayall said in the interview broadcast Friday.
“We would have given them confidence, competence; we would have given them credibility and I think we would have been able to see off some of the Iranian influence that came with the popular mobilization,” he added chattels: http://ift.tt/1dh0hsK...
http://ift.tt/1KUriyZ
whitelions: Specialists: Islamic Banking Act meets the requirements of the market and threatens to commercial banks....
Islamic banking law meets the needs of the market and society Counting banks managers, on Sunday, that the legislation of the Islamic Banking Act, meet the requirements of the market due to the "big successes" achieved by these banks despite the old palace,
expressing the hope that the development of an effective model it and build institutions able to work according to its own rules without "circumvent" on financial products, and with expert opinion that the law will enter those banks official control scale, and allows them to work about "fair" with commercial counterparts,
he warned of the consequences that this will contribute to the weakening of the work of other banks as a result of "lack of confidence".
Said the managing director of the Iraqi Islamic Bank Sadiq al-Shammari, said in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The calls launched since 2004, the need for a law regulating the work of Islamic banks in order to ensure freedom of banking deal in the private sector, and the desire of many of the opening of such banks or branches in Iraq ". http://ift.tt/1WGQ4I9...
http://ift.tt/1VxUP9E
Doug_W: "IF" ....small word HUGE meaning
chattels: DUHOK, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani discussed Kurdish fighting against the Islamic State group (ISIS), recent advances by Peshmerga forces and Russia's recent military involvement in Syria with Stuart Jones, the US ambassador to Iraq.
The ambassador offered his congratulations for Peshmerga advances in ISIS-controlled territories in western Kirkuk and condolences for the 1,300 Kurdish soldiers killed in the war that began in August last year, said a statement from the Kurdistan presidency.
Coordination between the US-led coalition and Peshmerga forces on the battlefield was a central point of Sunday’s meeting, with both sides reaffirming that greater cooperation was needed in the war against the militants.
The US military assistance to the Peshmerga and developments on the battlefields of Iraq and Syria were also discussed.The two talked about Russia’s involvement in the war in Syria, which Barzani has welcomed.
“Many other countries should engage in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria and they must eradicate the extremist group at the root,” Barzani said in a statement on Saturday. “The Kurdistan Region welcomes any country or party that would help the Peshmerga against ISIS and in this light we welcome Russia’s participation,” he said in Saturday’s statement. chattels: http://ift.tt/1dh0hsK...
http://ift.tt/1OR5qIE
chattels: Reidar Visser @reidarvisser 1h1 hour ago #Iraq PMO says high-security Green Zone has been opened to the general public tonight as part of ongoing reforms http://ift.tt/1WGQ6Q9... …
http://ift.tt/1VxUMLa
In a BBC interview Lt. Gen. Sir Simon Mayall, who was also the former senior advisor for the Middle East from 2011-2015, criticized the UK’s “inadequate response” to the war against the Islamic State group (ISIS).
“If we had taken the decision early on that we were not simply going to train the Iraqi security forces and the Kurds but we were going to accompany them into battle, we would have found that the leverage we would have achieved in terms of capability on the battlefield would be massively higher,” Mayall said in the interview broadcast Friday.
“We would have given them confidence, competence; we would have given them credibility and I think we would have been able to see off some of the Iranian influence that came with the popular mobilization,” he added chattels: http://ift.tt/1dh0hsK...
http://ift.tt/1KUriyZ
whitelions: Specialists: Islamic Banking Act meets the requirements of the market and threatens to commercial banks....
Islamic banking law meets the needs of the market and society Counting banks managers, on Sunday, that the legislation of the Islamic Banking Act, meet the requirements of the market due to the "big successes" achieved by these banks despite the old palace,
expressing the hope that the development of an effective model it and build institutions able to work according to its own rules without "circumvent" on financial products, and with expert opinion that the law will enter those banks official control scale, and allows them to work about "fair" with commercial counterparts,
he warned of the consequences that this will contribute to the weakening of the work of other banks as a result of "lack of confidence".
Said the managing director of the Iraqi Islamic Bank Sadiq al-Shammari, said in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The calls launched since 2004, the need for a law regulating the work of Islamic banks in order to ensure freedom of banking deal in the private sector, and the desire of many of the opening of such banks or branches in Iraq ". http://ift.tt/1WGQ4I9...
http://ift.tt/1VxUP9E
Doug_W: "IF" ....small word HUGE meaning
chattels: DUHOK, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani discussed Kurdish fighting against the Islamic State group (ISIS), recent advances by Peshmerga forces and Russia's recent military involvement in Syria with Stuart Jones, the US ambassador to Iraq.
The ambassador offered his congratulations for Peshmerga advances in ISIS-controlled territories in western Kirkuk and condolences for the 1,300 Kurdish soldiers killed in the war that began in August last year, said a statement from the Kurdistan presidency.
Coordination between the US-led coalition and Peshmerga forces on the battlefield was a central point of Sunday’s meeting, with both sides reaffirming that greater cooperation was needed in the war against the militants.
The US military assistance to the Peshmerga and developments on the battlefields of Iraq and Syria were also discussed.The two talked about Russia’s involvement in the war in Syria, which Barzani has welcomed.
“Many other countries should engage in the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria and they must eradicate the extremist group at the root,” Barzani said in a statement on Saturday. “The Kurdistan Region welcomes any country or party that would help the Peshmerga against ISIS and in this light we welcome Russia’s participation,” he said in Saturday’s statement. chattels: http://ift.tt/1dh0hsK...
http://ift.tt/1OR5qIE
chattels: Reidar Visser @reidarvisser 1h1 hour ago #Iraq PMO says high-security Green Zone has been opened to the general public tonight as part of ongoing reforms http://ift.tt/1WGQ6Q9... …
http://ift.tt/1VxUMLa
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