Day: September 7, 2024

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani visited the South Baghdad Power Station, and launched executive work for three combined cycle projects in the electricity sector, in Baghdad, Diyala and Anbar. Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan considered that "standing against the state terrorism of Israel is an Islamic and religious duty for us, as well as a national issue," condemning the killing of Turkish-American activist /Aisha Noor/ by the occupation army. Erdogan said in a speech he delivered today, Saturday, in the province of Kocaeli, northwest of Turkey: "Israel killed our young daughter /Aisha Nour/ yesterday, in addition to killing 40 thousand innocent civilians until today. The Turkish president stressed that the new phase launched by his country in its relations with Egypt will be in favor of Gaza and the Palestinian cause. He also stressed that Ankara will continue "with determination to take all necessary steps to expand Turkey's scope of movement in foreign policy." Yesterday, Friday, the occupation army killed activist Aisha Noor, while she was participating in an activity denouncing the settlement in the town of Beita in the Nablus Governorate. The director of Rafidia Hospital, Fuad Naf aa, indicated that Aisha Noor arrived at the hospital with a bullet in the head and underwent resuscitation, but she died as a result of the severity of the injury. Several countries around the world condemned the occupation army's deliberate killing of activist Aisha Noor. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Israel "is working to silence and terrorizing everyone who rushes to the aid of the Palestinians and fights against the genocide being carried out against them.' Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The head of the National Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, praised the government's service and development performance today, Saturday, calling for benefiting from the experiences of countries in the financial and economic reform of the country. Al-Hakim said in a statement: "We met this morning with the British Ambassador to Iraq, Stephen Hitchen, and discussed the developments of bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to enhance them in a way that serves the interests of all and preserves the country's sovereignty." He praised the "government's service and development performance," stressing at the same time the need to support the government in this path for its role in strengthening the citizens' connection to the political system," stressing the "necessity of preserving political stability in Iraq and transforming it into permanent stability." He called for "benefiting from the experiences of countries in the financial and economic reform of the country and adapting the experiences to the Iraqi reality, indicating the importance of the British experience in this field." He pointed out that "the Iraqi constitution represents a guarantee of freedom of expression and belief, which requires respecting and preserving it as the main reference in democratic systems." Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani issued a number of directives today, Saturday, within the framework of developing electronic payment systems and services in Iraq. The directives, according to a government source, included the following: - Directing the Ministry of Planning, in cooperation with the Central Bank of Iraq and the World Bank, to establish a national budget allocated to support and develop digital payment systems across the country. - Directing all ministries, including the Central Bank of Iraq, to prepare an electronic cash flow statement periodically to ensure financial transparency, determine liquidity and manage risks, which contributes to improving financial planning. - Directing ministries and government institutions to establish strategic partnerships with banking and non-banking financial institutions as well as technological institutions and adopt effective action steps for cooperation and exchange of proposals and experiences. - Obligating financial and banking institutions to develop their technical and digital systems in accordance with the latest international standards, including enhancing anti-money laundering and anti-fraud systems, to ensure operational efficiency, improve the quality of banking services, and achieve full compliance with regulatory controls. - Obligating financial and banking institutions to develop cyber protection systems and adopt the cyber resilience document, with strict adherence to the controls issued by the Central Bank regarding electronic governance, to ensure comprehensive protection of banking systems against cyber threats and ensure business continuity in times of crises. - Directing ministries and government institutions to develop capable government work teams to follow up on electronic payment operations on a daily basis through training and qualification, and through specialized system portals provided by payment services companies. - Directing the Ministry of Communications to cooperate with ministries and government institutions to expe dite the adoption of the Electronic Signature and Electronic Transactions Law No. 78 of 2012 to be compatible with the requirements of electronic payment and collection settlements in the Ministry of Finance in cooperation with the Central Bank of Iraq - Instructing the Ministry of Finance to submit a study on the mechanisms for establishing intermediate accounts, which are adopted by government institutions as a mechanism for dealing with restricted government accounts to solve the problem of disconnections for citizens in the event of failure of financial operations. - The Central Bank shall issue directives to private and government banks to deal transparently and not discriminate between electronic payment companies - The Central Bank of Iraq shall prepare what is necessary to cancel the prepaid ceilings for cards used locally to ensure wider and more flexible use - Directing ministries and government institutions to establish specialized units within government departments to facilitate financial mat ching and settlements and resolve disputes arising from electronic payment, in coordination with banks - Directing the Integrity Commission to intensify oversight of collection points in government departments to ensure transparency and integrity - Directing the Financial Supervision Bureau to develop and legislate administrative and financial updates that are compatible with electronic payment systems and follow up on them continuously - Emphasizing government institutions and electronic payment service provider companies to implement the paragraphs contained in the electronic financial collection and collection agreements according to the responsibilities of each party contained in those agreements - Directing government banks to complete the activation of the comprehensive banking system to improve financial and administrative performance - Obligating all ministries and government institutions to adopt advanced electronic administrative and accounting systems to enhance efficiency and transparency. Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The delegation of the Ministerial Council for Economic Affairs arrived in Erbil Governorate today, Saturday, to hold its scheduled session and meet with officials in the Kurdistan Regional Government. The delegation of the Ministerial Council for Economic Affairs in Erbil is scheduled to hold its session and meet with officials in the Kurdistan Regional Government to discuss issues of border crossings, taxes and checkpoints. The delegation consists of Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Ministerial Council for Economic Affairs Fuad Hussein, Minister of Finance Taif Sami, Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq Ali Al-Alaq, Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers Hamid Al-Ghazi, in addition to the Undersecretaries of the Ministries of Planning, Labor, Oil and Trade and the Chairman of the Securities Commission. Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani stressed, today, Saturday, the absence of intersection between members of the House of Representatives and members of the provincial councils. A statement from his media office stated that al-Sudani received, today, Saturday, members of the House of Representatives for Anbar Governorate, Anbar Governor Mohammed Nouri al-Karbouli, and the head of the provincial council Omar Mishaan al-Dulaimi, and members of the provincial council, in the presence of the general coordinator of the provinces Ahmed Abdul Zahra al-Fatlawi. The meeting witnessed a discussion of service projects and infrastructure projects that the government intends to implement in the province, in addition to reviewing major strategic projects in Anbar in light of the priorities of the government program and its targets. According to the statement, the Prime Minister directed to hold a special meeting with him tomorrow, in the presence of the Minister of Education and the Governor of Anbar to resolve the file of lecturers in the province's schools. Al-Sudani said: "The government is working in all governorates within a well-studied scientific approach that takes into account the needs of the governorates and works in parallel in each of them to improve the service and living reality, meet the aspirations of citizens, and prepare the appropriate infrastructure to achieve economic development." Al-Sudani stressed the importance of enhancing cooperation and coordination between the executive and legislative authorities, and emphasizing the integration of work between local governments and governorate councils. He also stressed the lack of intersection between members of the House of Representatives and members of governorate councils, and the need to prioritize the national interest over political calculations, and that serving the citizen is the ultimate goal for all." Source: National Iraqi News Agency