US ambassador: Iraq needs of the economy of a free and diverse and cooperation between the governmen

by **Rocky** Fri 18 Mar 2016, 11:01 am

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US ambassador: Iraq needs of the economy of a free and diverse and cooperation between the governmen

by Rocky Fri 18 Mar 2016, 11:01 am

US ambassador: Iraq needs of the economy of a free and diverse and cooperation between the governments in Baghdad and Erbil

ASHA US ambassador to Baghdad confirmed Stuart Jones, Iraq needed to free and diversified economy, and theneed for cooperation between the governments in Baghdad and Erbil in the non - oil economic fields, pointing to the difficult financial situation that Iraq is going through now as a result of lower oil prices. Said Jones , in a speech during his participation forum to Sulaymaniyah Today / Thursday / under the title "Middle East after Daash" - that Iraq is going through financial position is difficult and Washington gave him a loan for military purposes worth $ 2.7 billion, indicating that part of the loan allocated to the troops , "peshmerga" Kurdish. He pointed out that theUnited States granted $ 600 million in humanitarian aid for perspiratory, expecting to collect between 10 to 15 billion dollars in financial assistance to Iraq, stressing the need to fight corruption as a crime and not to be tolerated.On his part, he said Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, Iraq's third - largest oil exporter, and was able to skip theindices for production in 2015 .. pointing out that the decline in oil prices negatively impact heavily on the Iraqi economy. He pointed Abdul Amahdi- in his speech during Allimanah Forum on the second day and the last forms that the current economic crisis in Iraq show the importance of making the change, unlikely that oil prices will rise in the near future. He added that the right of the oil companies to get their financial dues in cash or a percentage of the crude oil produced, pointing out that the volatility in oil prices prevents the commitment to a fixed timetable, and that Iraq was indebted Hawally $ 9 billion in 2015, but managed to reduce the amount to 6 billion currently.Abdul - Mahdi and called for the need to implement the oil accord between the governments in Baghdad and Erbil ,or the signing of a new agreement between the two sides, he said , I am in favor of resolving the outstanding with the Kurdistan region which is linked to the obligations of the problems will continue with Iraq for a period ranging from 10 to 20 a future year .. pointing to the central government did not receive oil from Kurdistan since last September.

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