Central" Iraq refuses to pay $ 1.7 billion debt remittances yellow for "Egypt"

Central" Iraq refuses to pay $ 1.7 billion debt remittances yellow for "Egypt"





March 18, 2013 01:43 PM Last updated: 18 Mar 2013 13:43 Email to a friend Print Share Font Said Nora البجاري member parliamentary economic committee, MP for the Iraqi Central Bank of Iraq refused to pay $ 1.7 billion debt yellow remittances of Egyptian workers skeptical size.

The recent visit of the Egyptian Prime Minister to Baghdad has resulted in the formation of two committees in the two countries, Iraq and Egypt to uncover the real debt and resolve the problem.

It showed البجاري for "Moscow News" Details Egyptian debts on Iraq, saying, "The decision was issued in 1989 for Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council dissolved the text that" Arab communities or labor that were operating in Iraq, has the right to convert $ 1400 per year to their families, and are converted exaggeration remaining to CBI gives them accordingly yellow card. "

And followed the "post-war Iraq - Kuwait, and the Alliance of States against Iraq, summoned former President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, all citizens of Egyptians working in Iraq in a hurry, denying them liquidation of the remaining money."

The البجاري "in 2003 a section of the Egyptian labor sold Mbalghm by a mechanism in international law, they are entitled to sell their debts, for example, someone has a debt to the Central Bank of 50 thousand dollars, demanding the International Monetary Fund by giving 25 thousand, and determines the fund to recover the rest of Iraq, and it took part of this debt through the International Monetary Fund, particularly that Iraq was under UN sanctions in the nineties and his money and the amounts of oil exports go to this fund. "

She noted that some of the workers have companies you are dealing with Iraq, according to the memorandum of understanding, "Food and Drug Administration," they are receiving their money according to this formula, and took refuge in others the United Nations without the knowledge of the Egyptian authorities, claiming that their debts are arranged on Iraq have been granted it with the deduction of the amounts of the Fund International Monetary.

She said: He then asked the Egyptians Iraq Bembalghm, and negotiations began between the Central Bank, the Iraqi embassy, ​​and the Ministries of Finance, without reaching a result, because the bank has a rule and is considered an independent body refused to pay the amounts demanded by Egypt, saying that "some of these transfers yellow placebo and non- convinced him ", and it remained stuck.

She drew البجاري that Iraqi Council of Ministers in 2011 agreed to exchange (408) million during the month of October the same year, but the money did not happen because the bank reiterated his refusal in a decision issued noted to not sure of the validity of claims Egyptian questioning Department of it as a fake.

Revealed MP that the Egyptian government said Iraq's "The number of owners remittances yellow of 625 thousand due, and most of them working poor. Quoted MP to say about the Ministry of Manpower Egyptian" We have a law indicates that the labor that left Iraq and compulsory's 1790 factor has debts on former Iraqi government between 2000 to $ 2500, and section 2377 dollars. "

She explained that some of the Egyptians began to exploit this debt, demanding benefits to end their working years, which reached 30 years, according to their statements, demanding amounts equal to their debts and many of them fake claims.

The البجاري highlighted the central bank, which called on Egyptian authorities to open an immediate investigation to know the numbers of those who received funds through the United Nations, who took money from companies through a memorandum of understanding.

And diagnosed a member of the parliamentary Economic Commission reservoir in dispute that the Iraqi Central Bank confirmed its readiness to pay $ 400 million, while Egypt insisted on the amount of $ 408 million and formed two committees of the two countries to resolve the file.

Worth mentioning that Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil visited Iraq at the head of the delegation, on the fourth of this month, and discussed with his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki, the development of relations between the two countries in all fields of economic, trade and oil, energy and investment Mttriqan to developments in the region.

Maliki announced that the Iraqi government will start to end file Egyptian debt, and agreement on Iraqi oil refinery in Egypt, and an agreement will be signed between Iraq and Egypt in all areas of cooperation, during a meeting of the joint higher committee between the two countries in Cairo.

Maliki said during a news conference with his Egyptian counterpart, "سنباشر of the day and through the concerned ministers between the two sides to this topic and discussion to resolve this issue through the creation of legal guarantees, because we need to close all outstanding issues between the two countries to start the process of cooperation in the process of construction and reconstruction.

Source: Mubasher

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