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August 15, 2012 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
"Barzani has not demanded resettling Iranian
dissidents in Kurdistan"
Erbil: Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani has not
asked the Iraqi government to resettle the members
of the People's Mujahidin of Iran in Kurdistan,
Barzani's press secretary said Wednesday. Umed
Sabah's remark was made in response to a media
report by Siyasa newspaper which quoted an anonymous
source saying that Barzani has demanded the
residents of Camp. Ashraf and Camp Hurriya be
transferred to Kurdistan but Iraqi Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki has turned down the demand. Sabah
confirmed at a written statement that the news is
not true and is baseless. aknews.com
Kurdistan PM welcomes
opening Chinese consulate
Erbil: Prime Minister of Kurdistan region, Nechirvan
Barzani, welcomed China's initiative to open a
consulate in the region, describing it as an
important step toward boosting bilateral relations.
This came during his meeting on Sunday with Chinese
Ambassador to Iraq Ni Jian. The Chinese diplomat
reiterated his country's readiness to establish
strong relations with Kurdistan region, expressing
admire of the progress in the region in various
domains. The premier underlined that his government
is ready to expand relations with China, mainly in
industrial, agricultural and tourism sectors.
aswataliraq.info
Khuza'i, Barham Salih agree
to resort to constitution
Baghdad: Vice-President Khudhair al-Khuza'i and
Deputy Secretary General of the Kurdish Union Party
Barham Salih agreed on Tuesday to resort to the
constitution and halt media wrangling in order to
solve the questions between Baghdad and Erbil,
according to Presidential statement. The statement,
copy received by Aswat al-Iraq, added that both
sides discussed the Iraqi political issues, regional
developments and their reflections on the internal
front. The coming meeting of the National
Conference, after the return of President Jalal
Talabani, was also discussed to solve pending
questions between Baghdad and Erbil. Both sides
agreed to resort to the Iraqi constitution and halt
media wrangling. The Kurdish Alliance announced
Monday that Salih arrived in Baghdad to meet Premier
Nouri l-Maliki and to be acquainted with the Reforms
Paper, submitted by the National Alliance. Baghdad-Arbil
relations continued to be "tens and chronic" due to
the differences on pending questions, including oil
and gas law, Article 140 of the constitution, the
disputed areas, Beishmarga forces and national
partnership and balance. aswataliraq.info
Six suspects behind Nigar
Raheem's murder case
Kelar: The general prosecutor in Garmain announced
that there are six lawsuits against close relatives
of Nigar Raheem, who was killed after she was
accepted in a women's care home. Recently a female
was murdered by her brother in an honor cleansing
case in Kalar, the center unit of Garmian
administration. Lawyer Ata Salih said the prosecutor
registered six lawsuits against the mother, father,
two brothers and two cousins of the victim on
charges of accepting Reheem in a care home and
killing her later on. Director of combating violence
against women Adnan Mohammed Mirza said he has a
video clip of Raheem's brother asking to admit
Raheem to a care home. aknews.com
KBC considers Salih's visit
to Baghdad as attempt to find prospects for future
dealing
Baghdad: The Kurdish Blocs Coalition (KBC) stated
Tuesday that the visit of the vice secretary general
of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Barham
Salih to Baghdad is an attempt to find prospects for
dealing during the next phase between Baghdad and
Erbil. Salih, who arrived in Baghdad, met Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other officials in the
executive and legislative branches. The vice
chairman of the bloc Mohsen al-Saadoun said that
Salih's visit is a positive step in the current
political stage. An official Kurdish source in
Baghdad said Salih’s visit to Baghdad comes within a
partisan framework and will not discuss the current
crisis between Baghdad and Erbil. The source, who
preferred to remain anonymous, said: "Barham Salih
arrived [Monday] at the head of a delegation of
members of the political office of the PUK to
Baghdad to strengthen the relationship between the
union and the Iraqi political parties and will not
discuss the current crisis between Erbil and
Baghdad.....aknews.com
Kurdistan Planning Ministry
announces start of 2013 budget preparation
Erbil: The Kurdistan Region's Ministry of Planning
has announced the start of preparation for the
region’s 2013 budget. The Ministry of Planning began
its preparation in coordination with the ministries
of municipalities, tourism and electricity. Ali
Sindi said: "The ministry started preparations for
the budget through dialogue with ministries and
organizations in the region." Sindi added that the
Planning Ministry discussed with the electricity,
municipalities and tourism ministers about 2013
projects and plans for the ministries regarding
projects in execution, ways of implementation and
allocating estimated budgets for the projects in
2013. The minister said: "The necessity of fair
distribution of projects was confirmed according to
geographical areas, the needs of those regions,
their importance and taking attention to complete
the ongoing projects that are currently being
implemented." aknews.com
Barzani meets Kurdistan
Region's governors
Erbil: The Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister
Nechirvan Barzani headed a meeting of the Council of
Ministers' presidency along with the region's
governors and deputy PM Imad Ahmed. The aim of the
meeting was to look closely at the problems in the
region and discuss solutions. In the meeting,
members discussed decentralization in the Kurdistan
Region and ways to give more power to governorates
over red tape in residents’ affairs, ownership of
lands disputes, public services, implementation of
master plans and partnership between governorates
and directorates. Barzani decided to have more
meetings like this in the future. A committee was
formed recently for decentralizing governorates in
the region. The meeting’s participants asked the
committee to complete its work as soon as possible.
In the meeting the ministers were asked to follow up
the decisions made in the gathering and to prepare
their agenda for the next meeting. aknews.com
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