Iraqi government issues new decisions

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[size=52]Iraqi government issues new decisions[/size]

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Today, Tuesday (September 3, 2024), the Council of Ministers issued a set of decisions related to energy, agriculture, services, and health files.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister's Media Office said in a statement that "Al-Sudani chaired the thirty-sixth regular session of the Council of Ministers, during which the latest developments in the country were discussed, a number of important economic files were discussed, in addition to examining the agenda and taking the necessary decisions regarding them."[/size]
[size=45]He added, "In order to ensure that the salaries and financial allocations of the Popular Mobilization Forces members are covered, the Council of Ministers voted to increase the allocations of the Popular Mobilization Forces Authority for the year 2024."[/size]
[size=45]The following are the Council's decisions:[/size]
[size=45]As part of the follow-up to the completion of major hospital projects, the Council of Ministers approved the recommendations of the minutes of the meeting of the Diwani Order Committee (45 of 2018), regarding establishing the necessary means and mechanisms to complete the public hospital projects that were approved by the Ministry of Planning.[/size]
[size=45]In preparation for conducting the general population census, the Council voted to oblige the General Authority of Customs to enter the materials related to the population census, and in the event that a certificate of origin and an original invoice are not submitted, a guarantee of (1) million dinars shall be submitted from the Ministry of Planning, as an exception to Cabinet Resolution (23672 of 2023), and a pledge to submit the aforementioned certificate and lists within 90 days, as a maximum from the date of the customs declaration.[/size]
[size=45]In the field of supporting strategic crops, the Council of Ministers approved increasing the purchase price of one ton of the barley crop (amber) in Iraq from (950) thousand dinars, to become (1) million dinars per ton, and maintaining the current price of the jasmine barley crop at (800) thousand dinars per ton.[/size]
[size=45]In terms of security cooperation with friendly countries, the Council of Ministers approved the authorization of the National Security Advisor to negotiate and sign a draft memorandum of understanding for security cooperation between the National Security Advisory Council of the Republic of Iraq and the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, based on the provisions of the Treaty Conclusion Law (35 of 2015), with any amendment, annex or agreement resulting from the aforementioned memorandum being presented to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to express an opinion before signing it.[/size]
[size=45]The Council approved the recommendations of the minutes of the Diwani Order Committee (23995) related to the Chinese Framework Agreement projects, regarding the ratification of the allocation schedules prepared by the Ministry of Planning, based on the provisions of the Iraqi-Chinese Agreement axis contained in the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal years (2023-2024-2025).[/size]
[size=45]As part of the government’s efforts to remove obstacles facing stalled and suspended projects and complete their implementation, the Council of Ministers approved the following:[/size]
[size=45]1- Increase the reserve amount and the total cost of the project to equip and implement the second phase of the treatment plant on the right side of Mosul city.[/size]
[size=45]2- Increase the cost of the Mosul/Right Coast Sewerage Project (M1-Nineveh).[/size]
[size=45]3-Adjusting the total costs of the project to rehabilitate the halls in Al-Rashad Training Hospital in Baghdad Governorate.[/size]
[size=45]4- Increasing the reserve amount and the total cost of the project to build the Qara Tepe/Omar Mandan Road - Baghdad-Kirkuk Road Junction, with a length of 22 km in its second phase.[/size]
[size=45]The Council approved the Ministry of Finance allocating an amount of (11.839) billion dinars to the operating budget of Diwaniyah Governorate, from the emergency reserve, for the purpose of contracting with cleaning companies to serve the center of Diwaniyah Governorate District, for a period of 3 years, based on the provisions of the Federal General Budget Law (13 of 2023).[/size]
[size=45]It was also approved to exempt the contract to study the merger between the National Insurance Company and the Iraqi Insurance Company into one company, from the first paragraph of Cabinet Resolution No. 23545 of 2023, to proceed with the procedures for contracting with a company specialized in auditing and monitoring joint accounts.[/size]
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