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Tishwash: Vietnam discusses Increasing Trade with Iraq
Iraq’s Ministry of Trade held a meeting with a delegation from the Vietnamese embassy in Tehran to discuss joint cooperation in commercial and economic aspects, including the supply of rice, tea, construction materials, and machinery.
They also discussed the possibility of holding the nineteenth meeting of the Iraqi-Vietnamese Joint Committee, and inviting the Vietnamese side to participate in the next Baghdad International Fair.
The Vietnamese delegation expressed gratitude and emphasized the importance of communication between the two sides to increase opportunities for cooperation in the future. Link
CandyKisses: Imam al-Sistani’s office expects to see the crescent of Ramadan
{Local: Al-Furat News} The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Imam Sayyid Ali Al-Sistani, predicted the sighting of the crescent of the blessed month of Ramadan, for the Hijri year 1444-2023 AD.
According to the holy month of Ramadan, published today by the Office of the Supreme Reference, “the crescent of the blessed month of Ramadan is expected to be on the evening of Wednesday, March 22.”
He pointed out that “the crescent is expected to be seen with the naked eye at this date.”
Imam Sistani’s office also predicted that “the month of Shawwal (Eid al-Fitr) will be on the evening of Friday, April 21, and it is expected to see a very clear height and is not expected to be seen in the evening of the previous day.”
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CandyKisses: NATO plans to launch new projects in Iraq, including its support in the field of cybersecurity
Shafaq News / Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein discussed today, Tuesday, with the commander of the NATO mission in Iraq, Lieutenant General Giovanni Ianucci, the launch of a number of new projects in the country, including his support in the field of cybersecurity.
The statement stated that during the meeting, the tasks carried out by the NATO mission in Iraq were reviewed, which are training the Iraqi security forces and providing military advice in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and the National Security Adviser, as well as the start of new projects, including supporting Iraq in the field of cybersecurity.
The importance of the minister’s upcoming visit to Brussels this month, and his meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stotlberg, was also discussed, according to the statement.
For his part, Lieutenant General Ianucci expressed his happiness with the fruitful cooperation between the concerned Iraqi authorities and the NATO mission in Iraq in facilitating the mission’s tasks to achieve its desired goals, noting the importance of the security and stability of Iraq for the region and NATO.
He stressed the alliance’s desire to consolidate relations with Iraq in the next stage at the political level, and not to be limited to the military and security level.
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Tishwash: Sudanese arrives in Erbil
The Prime Minister, Mr. Muhammad Shia’a Al-Sudani, arrives in the city of Erbil on a visit to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, accompanied by a government delegation.
Today, Tuesday, the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’a al-Sudani, arrived with a government delegation to Erbil Governorate.
The media office of the Prime Minister stated, in a brief statement received by (Baghdad Today), that “Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani arrived in the city of Erbil on a visit to the Kurdistan region of Iraq, accompanied by a government delegation.”
The media office of the head of the regional government stated, in a statement received by (Baghdad Today), that “the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, receives, at one thirty in the afternoon, the Federal Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani, in an official reception ceremony at Erbil International Airport.”
According to Kurdish media, the Prime Minister arrives today in the city of Erbil, to meet with President Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, and Prime Minister Masrour Barzani.
According to the Kurdish media, Al-Sudani is scheduled to visit Sulaymaniyah to attend the American University meeting there. link
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Tishwash: another article
The Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani, arrived today, Tuesday afternoon, in the city of Erbil, on a visit to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, accompanied by a government delegation.
Shafaq News agency reporter said that the prime minister of the region, in addition to a number of Kurdish ministers and officials, received Al-Sudani and the government delegation accompanying him at Erbil International Airport.
He added that Al-Sudani will hold meetings with officials in the region to discuss differences and outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil.
It is scheduled that Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region, will receive Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Sudanese, later this afternoon.
Yesterday, Monday, Al-Sudani announced that an agreement had been reached to end the dispute between Baghdad and Erbil over the Kurdistan Region’s oil revenues.
“An agreement was reached to solve the problems between the center and the region regarding oil and gas by putting the revenues from the region’s oil in a bank,” Al-Sudani said during a press conference held today after the cabinet session, which was attended by Shafaq News agency.
He added, “For the first time, we reached an agreement that the region’s oil revenues be deposited in one account and authorize the region’s prime minister and the federal prime minister to monitor the account, and there will be a committee that will submit its recommendations to the federal prime minister to take the appropriate decision.”
The oil export and revenue file in the Kurdistan Region is one of the most prominent points of contention between Baghdad and Erbil, and it was usually used as a card for political escalation when relations between the center and the region soured.
The dispute over this file escalated after the Federal Supreme Court (the highest judicial authority in Iraq) issued on February 15, 2022 a ruling that the oil and gas law in the Kurdistan Regional Government was unconstitutional.
The Federal Court obligated the Kurdistan Regional Government to hand over oil imports to Baghdad, which sparked angry reactions from the region during a period that was essentially serious political tension, as the ruling was issued in conjunction with the height of the political impasse that followed the early elections in October 2021.
