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Mawazine News - Baghdad
Today, Tuesday, the Council of Ministers held its sixteenth regular session headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani.
A statement from his office received by Mawazine News stated, “Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired, today, Tuesday, the sixteenth regular session of the Council of Ministers, in which the general conditions in the country were discussed, a number of important files were discussed, and the topics listed on the list were discussed.” Agenda and making decisions and recommendations thereon.
Al-Sudani reviewed, “The results of his official visit to the United States this month, which produced results that are in the interest of Iraq in terms of economy, politics, security, and regional stability, and in the interest of building bilateral strategic relations, in addition to the signing of a number of memorandums of understanding and partnership between the Iraqi public and private sectors on the one hand, and between Major leading American companies and financial and banking institutions on the other hand.”
He also reviewed "the visit of the Turkish President to Baghdad yesterday, which witnessed the signing of the bilateral strategic framework agreement, and the signing of 26 joint memorandums of understanding for various institutions between the two countries, which will be reflected in the economic and development partnership, in addition to the quadripartite understanding that included Iraq, Turkey, Qatar and the UAE, regarding a road project." Development, the investment opportunities it holds, and entering into a new phase of security and economic understandings and in the field of water management and water shares in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, all of which will push relations forward.”
Al-Sudani directed, "the ministers to follow up on the implementation of the memorandums of understanding, and to provide the utmost efforts in order to achieve the highest levels of mutual benefit, for all sectors and activities covered by the memorandums of understanding, in addition to assigning the relevant committees to secure the requirements for success and good implementation of the agreements and understandings signed with the United States and Turkey."
The Council of Ministers continued, “service projects, infrastructure projects, and lagging projects, and took a number of decisions related to spare orders and implementation,” as follows:
1- Increasing the amount of reserve for the project (constructing the Abu Ghar-Tal al-Lahm quarry road, with a length of 45 km) within the project (constructing a quarry road Abu Ghar - Tal Al-Lahm) is included in the investment budget tables of the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works/ among the priority projects related to the implementation of Council of Ministers Resolution (301 of 2021).
2- Increasing the total cost of the project (study, design and implementation of an integrated concrete water project with a capacity of 1000 m3/hour, with transmission lines to the Umm Qasr district).
3- Increasing the total cost and the amount of reserves for the project (reconstruction of Al-Fayhaa Bridge in Basra).
4- Increasing the total cost and reserve amount for the project (Fallujah Third Bridge and its approaches in Anbar Governorate).
5- Increasing the total cost and the reserve amount for the project (constructing the Juwaiba-Al-Hamidiyah (Al-Mamoun) Bridge).
6- Increasing the total cost and the reserve amount for the project (Completing the rehabilitation and expansion of Karbala Children’s Hospital/second phase).
7- Creating a project (supervision and control for the establishment of the Shatrah General Hospital capacity 200 beds with furnishing, included in the total cost of the project.
8- Increasing the amount of reserve for the project (constructing the second corridor of the Batira - Al-Fajr - Al-Budair road, with a length of (163) km, the first phase within Maysan Governorate, with a length of (72) km, increasing the total cost of the project, and creating a project called (the two concrete Sababat bridges).
9- Creating a project called (removing optical cable conflicts for the Sababat Bridges).
10- Increasing the total cost and the amount of reserve for the project (establishing the Palace of Justice in Najaf Al-Ashraf).
In order to make room for outstanding institute students to complete their university studies, the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Human Development (24011 B) for the year 2024 was approved regarding increasing the acceptance rate for top students who graduate from technical institutes from (10%) to (20%) for admission to universities. Exclusively, and in the corresponding or close specializations, in order to allow students who are graduates of the institutes to apply to complete their initial university studies.
The Council decided to “exclude the backup network project and the project to rehabilitate and develop the paths of the national optical cable network from the contracting methods stipulated in the Contract Implementation Instructions No. 2 of 2014, for the purposes of the national mobile phone license, in order to meet the increasing requirements of state institutions for digital transformation projects and secure the needs of mobile companies and institutions.” The state and citizens benefit from the increased Internet capacity, fiber optic projects (FTTH), an alternative to copper landlines, and international transit projects for Iraq.”
The Council approved the “Recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (24131 Q), which included approval of the request of the Ministry of Oil, regarding the issue of converting gas compressors from a temporary customs entry to a permanent one for the benefit of the Basra Gas Company, and the General Authority of Customs’ transfer of gas compressors with (14) compressors from a temporary customs entry.” To Daemi, for the benefit of the Basra Gas Company, provided that it is among its assets (the South Oil Company’s share (51%) in accordance with Council of Ministers Resolution (446 of 2012), and payment of the resulting expenses is in accordance with the law, and is borne by the Basra Gas Company.”
In the field Energy: The Council approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding for associated gas for generating electric power between the Ministry of Electricity and Siemens Energy. It also approved the inclusion of the Ministries of Planning and Finance of the projects required to be implemented in accordance with the aforementioned Memorandum of Understanding and the availability of the necessary allocations and funding for them. The Council voted on Authorizing the Ministry of Electricity with the necessary powers to proceed with implementation, as an exception to the contracting methods stipulated in the Instructions for Implementing Government Contracts (2 of 2014), in a way that ensures speedy completion and achieving the desired goal of signing the aforementioned memorandum of understanding.”
In the same vein, the Council canceled “the Council’s decision Ministerial No. (308 of 2019), which included financing the Ministry of Electricity with the necessary allocations to establish a secondary station (400) KV, and financing three (132) KV stations with lines, provided that they are from outside the ministry’s budget.
The Council approved “the draft law to cancel the (defunct) Revolutionary Command Council’s Decision No. (103) on January 27, 1988, which was reviewed by the State Council, and approved referring the draft law to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of the Constitution, as the aforementioned decision had merged the Department of Relations and the Department Planning in one department, and abolished administrative formations in the Ministry of Justice. He also abolished the Inheritance Affairs Department in the Directorate for the Welfare of Minors, abolished its jurisdiction to release inheritances in accordance with the Law for the Care of Minors, and assigned the editing of inheritances to the personal status courts.
The draft law on the first amendment to the Martyrs Foundation Law No. 2 of 2016 was also approved, which was reviewed by the Council of State and referred to the House of Representatives, based on the provisions of the Constitution, taking into account the observations presented at the Council of Ministers meeting.
The Council authorized the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning to negotiate and sign a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Planning of the Republic of Iraq and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), based on the Treaty Contracting Law (35 of 2015), and for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare the necessary authorization document on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Iraq. Iraq to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning, according to the approved contexts, and submit it to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers in order to obtain the signature of the Prime Minister.
It was also decided to grant the Minister of Justice “the authority to negotiate and sign two draft cooperation agreements between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Republic of Italy, and between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in the field of transferring those sentenced to custodial sentences, based on the provisions of the Constitution, and for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare the necessary authorization document in the name of The Government of the Republic of Iraq to the Minister of Justice, in accordance with the approved contexts, and submit it to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to obtain the signature of the Prime Minister.
A statement from his office received by Mawazine News stated, “Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired, today, Tuesday, the sixteenth regular session of the Council of Ministers, in which the general conditions in the country were discussed, a number of important files were discussed, and the topics listed on the list were discussed.” Agenda and making decisions and recommendations thereon.
Al-Sudani reviewed, “The results of his official visit to the United States this month, which produced results that are in the interest of Iraq in terms of economy, politics, security, and regional stability, and in the interest of building bilateral strategic relations, in addition to the signing of a number of memorandums of understanding and partnership between the Iraqi public and private sectors on the one hand, and between Major leading American companies and financial and banking institutions on the other hand.”
He also reviewed "the visit of the Turkish President to Baghdad yesterday, which witnessed the signing of the bilateral strategic framework agreement, and the signing of 26 joint memorandums of understanding for various institutions between the two countries, which will be reflected in the economic and development partnership, in addition to the quadripartite understanding that included Iraq, Turkey, Qatar and the UAE, regarding a road project." Development, the investment opportunities it holds, and entering into a new phase of security and economic understandings and in the field of water management and water shares in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, all of which will push relations forward.”
Al-Sudani directed, "the ministers to follow up on the implementation of the memorandums of understanding, and to provide the utmost efforts in order to achieve the highest levels of mutual benefit, for all sectors and activities covered by the memorandums of understanding, in addition to assigning the relevant committees to secure the requirements for success and good implementation of the agreements and understandings signed with the United States and Turkey."
The Council of Ministers continued, “service projects, infrastructure projects, and lagging projects, and took a number of decisions related to spare orders and implementation,” as follows:
1- Increasing the amount of reserve for the project (constructing the Abu Ghar-Tal al-Lahm quarry road, with a length of 45 km) within the project (constructing a quarry road Abu Ghar - Tal Al-Lahm) is included in the investment budget tables of the Ministry of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works/ among the priority projects related to the implementation of Council of Ministers Resolution (301 of 2021).
2- Increasing the total cost of the project (study, design and implementation of an integrated concrete water project with a capacity of 1000 m3/hour, with transmission lines to the Umm Qasr district).
3- Increasing the total cost and the amount of reserves for the project (reconstruction of Al-Fayhaa Bridge in Basra).
4- Increasing the total cost and reserve amount for the project (Fallujah Third Bridge and its approaches in Anbar Governorate).
5- Increasing the total cost and the reserve amount for the project (constructing the Juwaiba-Al-Hamidiyah (Al-Mamoun) Bridge).
6- Increasing the total cost and the reserve amount for the project (Completing the rehabilitation and expansion of Karbala Children’s Hospital/second phase).
7- Creating a project (supervision and control for the establishment of the Shatrah General Hospital capacity 200 beds with furnishing, included in the total cost of the project.
8- Increasing the amount of reserve for the project (constructing the second corridor of the Batira - Al-Fajr - Al-Budair road, with a length of (163) km, the first phase within Maysan Governorate, with a length of (72) km, increasing the total cost of the project, and creating a project called (the two concrete Sababat bridges).
9- Creating a project called (removing optical cable conflicts for the Sababat Bridges).
10- Increasing the total cost and the amount of reserve for the project (establishing the Palace of Justice in Najaf Al-Ashraf).
In order to make room for outstanding institute students to complete their university studies, the recommendation of the Ministerial Council for Human Development (24011 B) for the year 2024 was approved regarding increasing the acceptance rate for top students who graduate from technical institutes from (10%) to (20%) for admission to universities. Exclusively, and in the corresponding or close specializations, in order to allow students who are graduates of the institutes to apply to complete their initial university studies.
The Council decided to “exclude the backup network project and the project to rehabilitate and develop the paths of the national optical cable network from the contracting methods stipulated in the Contract Implementation Instructions No. 2 of 2014, for the purposes of the national mobile phone license, in order to meet the increasing requirements of state institutions for digital transformation projects and secure the needs of mobile companies and institutions.” The state and citizens benefit from the increased Internet capacity, fiber optic projects (FTTH), an alternative to copper landlines, and international transit projects for Iraq.”
The Council approved the “Recommendation of the Ministerial Council for the Economy (24131 Q), which included approval of the request of the Ministry of Oil, regarding the issue of converting gas compressors from a temporary customs entry to a permanent one for the benefit of the Basra Gas Company, and the General Authority of Customs’ transfer of gas compressors with (14) compressors from a temporary customs entry.” To Daemi, for the benefit of the Basra Gas Company, provided that it is among its assets (the South Oil Company’s share (51%) in accordance with Council of Ministers Resolution (446 of 2012), and payment of the resulting expenses is in accordance with the law, and is borne by the Basra Gas Company.”
In the field Energy: The Council approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding for associated gas for generating electric power between the Ministry of Electricity and Siemens Energy. It also approved the inclusion of the Ministries of Planning and Finance of the projects required to be implemented in accordance with the aforementioned Memorandum of Understanding and the availability of the necessary allocations and funding for them. The Council voted on Authorizing the Ministry of Electricity with the necessary powers to proceed with implementation, as an exception to the contracting methods stipulated in the Instructions for Implementing Government Contracts (2 of 2014), in a way that ensures speedy completion and achieving the desired goal of signing the aforementioned memorandum of understanding.”
In the same vein, the Council canceled “the Council’s decision Ministerial No. (308 of 2019), which included financing the Ministry of Electricity with the necessary allocations to establish a secondary station (400) KV, and financing three (132) KV stations with lines, provided that they are from outside the ministry’s budget.
The Council approved “the draft law to cancel the (defunct) Revolutionary Command Council’s Decision No. (103) on January 27, 1988, which was reviewed by the State Council, and approved referring the draft law to the House of Representatives based on the provisions of the Constitution, as the aforementioned decision had merged the Department of Relations and the Department Planning in one department, and abolished administrative formations in the Ministry of Justice. He also abolished the Inheritance Affairs Department in the Directorate for the Welfare of Minors, abolished its jurisdiction to release inheritances in accordance with the Law for the Care of Minors, and assigned the editing of inheritances to the personal status courts.
The draft law on the first amendment to the Martyrs Foundation Law No. 2 of 2016 was also approved, which was reviewed by the Council of State and referred to the House of Representatives, based on the provisions of the Constitution, taking into account the observations presented at the Council of Ministers meeting.
The Council authorized the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning to negotiate and sign a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Planning of the Republic of Iraq and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), based on the Treaty Contracting Law (35 of 2015), and for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare the necessary authorization document on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Iraq. Iraq to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning, according to the approved contexts, and submit it to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers in order to obtain the signature of the Prime Minister.
It was also decided to grant the Minister of Justice “the authority to negotiate and sign two draft cooperation agreements between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Republic of Italy, and between the Government of the Republic of Iraq and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in the field of transferring those sentenced to custodial sentences, based on the provisions of the Constitution, and for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare the necessary authorization document in the name of The Government of the Republic of Iraq to the Minister of Justice, in accordance with the approved contexts, and submit it to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to obtain the signature of the Prime Minister.
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