Iraq: government pre-empt popular protests urgent reform pledges

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Thursday, 08/06/2015
BAGHDAD – Agencies:
Iraq’s three presidencies confirmed during a meeting in Baghdad, “was devoted to discuss the concerns of the immediate citizens, where it was stressed the importance of making the doors of the three authorities wide open to receive and accept the demands and proposals of citizens in this regard, and the need to take urgent actions and decisions to ensure initiate real and fast and efficient processors serving the country and promote freedom, justice and provide opportunities for human life precious to all Iraqis, “as a presidential statement said yesterday after the meeting and participated in the meeting President Fuad Masum, the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri and Chief Justice Medhat al-Mahmoud, the Vice-President of the Republic Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, and Iyad Allawi and Osama Najafi and Deputy Prime Minister Bahaa al-Araji, Saleh al-Mutlaq, and Vice President of the House of Representatives Hamoudi.
The meeting stressed the need to work on “the reform of all institutions and organs of State” .. noting that “momentum is popular now gives more confidence and strength to take bold and decisive decisions in this direction in the fight against corruption and to address sagging some government facilities and other shortcomings.”

The meeting recognized that ensuring security, stability and the rule of law and the protection of the democratic system are together solid foundation and the Secretary should everyone from the start to meet public legitimate in the security and service sides demands, especially without losing sight of the country at the height of the war against terrorism aimed at the destruction of Iraqi life all.

The meeting called for strengthening the frank dialogue, understanding and openness between the people and institutions of the requested State to continue to ensure that the interests of citizens, including daily on services and activating the role of receiving complaints from the public institutions as well as to emphasize that the State the task of working to meet the immediate needs of people solve their problems and to consider the demands of citizens, young people and dealing positive and fast with it. She pointed out that the presidential meeting pillow “complete openness in the exchange of views was agreed to hold a meeting soon to follow up on what was agreed upon and complete the discussion of pressing issues “.
The meeting came at a time when it was announced that the popular protests that emerged in Baghdad and various Iraqi cities last Friday against corruption and deterioration of services and power shortages could grow next Friday to confirm Mtalibha in the reform.

The source close to Haider al-Abadi “that the prime minister would not allow one to derail the recent actions taken by the related reductions of the three presidencies salaries and cutting programmed electrical power at all state officials.

The source explained,” it was imposed programmed cutting electricity to all state officials, like other citizens, as The move of the three presidencies and special grades reduce the salaries of the procedures by which issued Abadi “.

In addition, Turkish authorities announced yesterday Hernakh border region with Iraq a “closed military zone”, where a curfew and banned for two weeks in the wake of the recent strikes in the region against the Turkish Kurdistan Workers’ Party sites.
He confirmed to the state of Hakkari, in southeastern Turkey, the curfew in the region starting from yesterday and until the nineteenth of this month.

In another military development of Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded Tuesday evening in an attack by gunmen belonging to the PKK exhibitions in the town of Silopi of the State of carrot near the Turkish border with Iraq, and three soldiers were killed in an attack by militants Workers’ Party in Arakoa village of spend Hernaq. SOURCE

Work with the expectation Korean agency implementing a project to rehabilitate a common center valued at $ 5 million
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Work with the expectation Korean agency implementing a project to rehabilitate a common center valued at $ 5 million
[بغداد-أين] [Baghdad-where]
وقعت وزارة العمل والشؤون الاجتماعية/ دائرة التدريب المهني صباح اليوم محضر المناقشات مع الوكالة الكورية للتعاون الدولي [كويكا] لدعم تنفيذ مشروع الطور الثاني لاعادة تأهيل المركز العراقي الكوري. The Ministry of Labour and Social / vocational training circle Affairs morning Minutes discussions with the Korean International Cooperation Agency [KOICA] to support the implementation of the second phase project to rehabilitate the Iraqi Center for Korean.
وأفاد مراسل وكالة كل العراق [أين] الذي حضر حفل التوقيع ان “قيمة المشروع تبلغ 5 ملايين دولار بمدة تنفيذ 3 سنوات تنتهي عام 2018”.انتهى2 Correspondent agency all of Iraq [where] who attended the signing ceremony that “the project value of $ 5 million the duration of the implementation of the three years ending 2018” .anthy 2 ceremony

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Araji looking with a delegation of Korean companies monument complex of oil refinery and power station investment style
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Araji looking with a delegation of Korean companies monument complex of oil refinery and power station investment
[بغداد – أين] [Baghdad – where]
بحث نائب رئيس الوزراء لشؤون الطاقة بهاء الاعرجي، مع وفد احدى الشركات الكورية نصب مجمع من مصفى نفط ومحطة كهرباء بأسلوب الاستثمار. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Bahaa al-Araji, one with a delegation of Korean companies monument complex of oil refinery and power station investment style.
وذكر بيان لمكتبه، تلقت وكالة كل العراق [أين]، نسخة منه إن “الاعرجي استقبل بمكتبه الرسمي في بغداد، وفد شركة [TRAC DEVELOPMENT GROUP] الكورية مُمثلة برئيس مجلس الإدارة جونك مون والوفد المرافق له، وجرى خلال اللقاء بحث إجراءات نصب مجمع متكامل من قبل الشركة المدعومة من قبل الحكومة الكورية والبنوك العالمية، حيث يتكون المجمع من مصفى كبير للنفط ومحطة كهرباء حرارية بأسلوب الاستثمار” . A statement by his office, received by the agency all of Iraq [where], a copy of “al-Araji received his official office in Baghdad, the delegation of company [TRAC DEVELOPMENT GROUP] Korean actress President of the Board of Directors junk-moon and his accompanying delegation, and discussed with him the procedures set up an integrated complex of by the company backed by the Korean government and international banks, where the compound of a large oil refinery and thermal power station consists investment style. “
ونقل البيان تأكيد الاعرجي على “عمل وسعي الحكومة العراقية ولجنة شؤون الطاقة لاستقطاب وجذب الشركات العالمية الرائدة في قطاع الطاقة، لاسيما الشركات الكورية العاملة في هذا القطاع وتشجيع الاستثمار لغرض رفع سقف إنتاج الطاقة الكهربائية والمساهمة بإنشاء مصافي لتزويد محطات توليد الكهرباء بالوقود الكافي لديمومة الإنتاج”. The statement confirmed al-Araji, the “work and the pursuit of the Iraqi government and the Committee on Energy to attract and attract a leader in the energy sector international companies, especially Korean companies operating in this sector and promote investment for the purpose of raising the ceiling of electrical energy production and contribute to the establishment of refineries to supply power plants sufficient fuel for the sustainability of production.”
من جهته عبر رئيس مجلس إدارة الشركة، بحسب البيان، عن “رغبة مجموعة الشركات الكورية العريقة بين العلامات التجارية المعروفة للعمل في العراق”، مبدياً السعي الحثيث لـ “الدخول بفاعلية في الساحة الإستثمارية العراقية، والمشاركة في إعادة إعمار البنى التحتية للبلاد” .انتهى For his part, chairman of the company, according to the statement, expressed “the desire of a group of ancient Korean companies are among the well-known brands to work in Iraq,” expressing his relentless pursuit for “access effectively in the Iraqi investment arena, and participate in the reconstruction of the infrastructure of the country,” .anthy
President: More production, non-oil exports are keys to bolstering ties with world

Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said in Tehran on Thursday that all necessary conditions should be prepared for production and expansion of non-oil exports so as to upgrade ties with the world.

In an interview at the end of his visit to southwest Tehran, which marked his 21st provincial visit, President Rouhani said, ‘We should be engaged with the world so that the global and regional atmosphere is provided and the goals, intended by Iranian great nation in line with the declared economic resistant policies of the Supreme Leader, are met.’
Inviting people to contribute to production and investment, President Rouhani said, ‘All should come on the scene of production and government is not capable of shouldering production alone; even if undertaking the burden it will not be a good producer. Ongoing bureaucracy in the country and inactivity of banks are two main problems with production in the country.’
Iran nuclear deal to pave way for IP gas project: Pakistan

Islamabad, Aug 6, IRNA — Pakistan foreign office (ministry of foreign affairs) spokesperson says Iran nuclear deal will pave the way for greater economic interaction between Iran and Pakistan including the gas pipeline.

Responding to a question by IRNA on the latest comments by a US official on the gas pipeline project, at a weekly news briefing, Qazi Khalilullah said, ‘The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is at early stage of implementation and once sanctions on Iran are lifted the country and Pakistan would have a greater economic cooperation including the gas pipeline.
The US State Department spokesperson Mark Toner had earlier said that the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project will not yet benefit from the nuclear agreement that may ease economic sanctions on Tehran.
To another question by IRNA on the fate of Pakistani analyst and journalist Zaid Hamid imprisoned by Saudi Arabia, he said: ‘On 28th of July wife of Zaid Hamid (a Pakistani analyst sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment and 1,000 lashes in Saudi Arabia over his anti-Saudi and Anti-Zionist comments over a months ago) was able to meet him again with the assistance of Pakistani embassy.
Some unconfirmed reports say Zaid Hamid will be freed soon.
“I have not seen any such reports about his freedom, however, as soon as we get any news (about Zaid Hamid’s release) we will share it with media.
He also announced that the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif will be leaving for Belarus on August 10 at the invitation of the President Alexander Lukashenko.
“This would be the first ever visit by a Pakistani prime minister to the republic of Belarus,” said the Pakistani official.
Qazi Khalilullah added that the Prime Minister will hold talks with top officials of Belarus.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko had paid a two-day visit to Pakistan in the month of May and met Pakistani leadership for developing political and economic relations between the two countries.
To another question, Pakistan foreign office spokesperson said that India has proposed meeting of the National Security Advisors of both countries in New Delhi on 23rd and 24th of August. “These dates are under consideration of our government and it is premature to talk on agenda which will be prepared in due course,” he said.
To a question on Afghanistan peace talks, he said that Pakistan is only playing the role of a facilitator in Afghan peace talks and we will keep on playing this role. “It is for Afghans to decide the dates and agenda for talks,” he said.
Qazi Khalilulla answering a question said that he was not aware of Moscow-Karachi gas pipeline project adding that Russia is interested in gas pipeline project from Karachi to Lahore. “Both sides are in touch in this regards,” he said.
Zarif : US governments have brought war, destruction and extremism to region, world

Tehran, Aug 6, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the developments of the past years showed that what has resulted in insecurity and spread of extremism and terrorism in the region, have been the policies and ill-perceived measures of the US governments and some of their allies in the region, especially the Zionist regime.

These policies, Zarif said, have borne no result other than destruction, war and extremism for the people of the region and the world. The US officials have on numerous occasions admitted this reality, but they are still trying to escape the realities by blaming others.
The foreign minister also reiterated that the Islamic Republic of Iran has never been after nuclear weapon and has no intention to do so in future. Therefore, he said, the claim that the recent agreement in Vienna between Iran and P5+1 had blocked the way to Iran’s access to nuclear bomb was in fact acquiring what has already been acquired. Such claims are made merely to appease internal critics and the Zionists, Zarif said.
The foreign minister made the statement in response to remarks made by President Barack Obama about the Vienna deal. In remarks made on Wednesday, Obama said: “The deal before us doesn’t bet on Iran changing, it doesn’t require trust, it verifies and requires Iran to forsake a nuclear weapon.” Obama also said: “I am stating a fact. . . . The choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy and some form of war, maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now, but soon.”
What follows is an IRNA translation of the full text of Zarif’s response to Obama:
1. The Islamic Republic of Iran has never been in pursuit of nuclear weapons and it will never pursue the same in the future. Hence, the claim that different ways to Iran’s access to nuclear weapons have been blocked in the recent Vienna agreement is in fact achieving what has already been achieved and it is merely to appease the internal critics and the Zionists.
2. The developments of the past years showed that what has resulted in insecurity and spread of extremism and terrorism in our region, have been the uncalculated policies and actions of the US governments and some of their allies in the region, especially the Zionist regime that have borne no result other than destruction, war and extremism for the people of the region and the world. The US officials have on numerous occasions admitted this reality, but they are still trying to escape the realities by blaming others.
3. Peace, security and stability in the surrounding environment have always been the most important priority of the Islamic Republic of Iran which are based on the realities of this region and unlike the ups and downs, as well as dualities and dangerous contractions of the policies of some influential countries is integrated and continuous and has always been based on peace, friendship with all neighbors, supporting the people’s demand and confronting the common threats, including foreign aggression, extremism, terrorism and sectarianism. The Islamic Republic of Iran will continue supporting its regional friends and allies and it has announced many times that it will cooperate with other neighbors on the basis of mutual respect against the joint challenges and in line with regional and international stability.
4. Iran through self-belief and rationality in the recent nuclear talks showed that even the fake crises can be resolved through interaction and dialogue and on the basis of mutual respect. Therefore, the shaky foundations and pillars of the dangerous and invalid Iranophobia project will collapse and the efforts for reviving it in the world and region will not have any buyer. It can only bring about lofty profits for the sellers of fatal weapons and waste the limited resources of the region and the world for relentless purchase of ostentatious weapons instead of fighting poverty, ignorance and injustice in the world. Preserving the past dialogue and trying to satisfy the warmongers will not have any outcome other than imposing costs on the peoples of the US, the region and the world.
5. Once again we notify the US officials that the civilized world has put aside the option of using force and threat as foreign policy tools and it considers it not only inhuman and illegal but ineffective. Threatening to use force is a blatant violation of the binding rules of the international law and it has international responsibility. Moreover, it will have no other use but wasting the resources and damaging the prestige of the US. The American people and the world have the right to ask what use have the US wars over the past 50 years had other than imposing many financial, human and prestige losses for the American people and insecurity and instability for the people of the world. The time is now ripe to abandon this dangerous and harmful habit which belongs to the past centuries.
6. The US support for the coup, imposed war, Saddam’s use of chemical weapons, insults of the US officials against the Iranian nation, baseless accusations and blind and inhuman sanctions against this nation and continuation of the dialogue of useless threats is alive in the historical memory of the Iranian nation otherwise this people have no problem with the American nation. Instead of repeating some stereotyped phrases the US officials had better think about this reality that hatred towards the wrong policies of the US governments is not limited to the people of Iran and the US needs to revise its policies such as supporting the Zionist regime’s crimes against the Palestinian nation the last example of which savageries was the burning to death of a Palestinian infant. Expressing hatred by the Iranian nation and the Muslim world over such policies is natural and it is not exclusive to the people of this region and it should not be used as a pretext for lodging baseless accusations such as anti-Semitism or hostility towards the American nation. If the US government wants a change in the outlook and the slogans of the Iranian nation and the world, it is better to contemplate about changing its policies and approaches.
7. The previous US governments have wasted important opportunities through their wrong beliefs and hallucinations and they had better use this historical opportunity for winning back the Iranian nation’s valuable confidence that has been ruined due to decades-long wrong and hostile policies of the US. The people of Iran through their epic presence in the recent elections showed that the efforts to create rift among the people and between the people and the ruling system have failed. The Iranian people are united, vigilant, resistant and great and they bravely stand up against the threats, impositions and sanctions and they nobly respond to respect and humbleness. The wrong policy vis-à-vis the Iranian nation has been tested for tens of years without any achievement for the US and now it is an exceptional opportunity to remedy the past and test a new way that had a great achievement for all pacifists and peace-seekers in only two years and despite all ups and downs and even some diversions.

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