Mawazine News – Baghdad , a member of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament from the previous session, Jihad Hassan, confirmed today, Wednesday, that the Federal Ministry of Finance will send the salaries of Kurdistan employees without any delay.
Hassan said in an interview followed by Mawazine News, “Baghdad will not need lists of employees in Kurdistan because they exist, and therefore it is hoped that salaries will be released in the middle or end of next week.”
He continued, “After releasing the salaries of employees in other Iraqi governorates, the salaries of Kurdistan employees will be released without any problems, as the lists of employees have been sent and the understanding exists that the salaries will be sent until the issue of nationalization is completely completed.”
FIREFLY: Reported on our television...Part of the government delegation saying we will witness a rapid drop in the dollar in the coming days.
FRANK:
Whoop there it is! ...They're about to put up those screens to show you the lower notes when Sudani returns...
FIREFLY: Television is showing the CBI governor and team is meeting with the United States of America Treasury Department about the Iraq banks saying it's about the rehabilitation of these banks to the United States Treasury regulations. Talking about those banks are needed for the reform to maximize.
FRANK: Didn't I tell you these 28 banks are the key part of the reinstatement? But that would be internally. Externally that's like Aki [Walkingstick's banking friend in the U.S.] and the private banks.
Turkish Defense Minister, Yashar Güler, announced the date of his country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Iraq.
“Our president (Erdogan) will be in Iraq on Monday, for the first time in many years, we will sign a strategic agreement, our Iraqi friends have not declared the PKK a terrorist organization, but for the first time they accepted a term close to that,” Güholer said in remarks ahead of the meeting of the parliamentary group for Justice and Development. “A 30-kilometer-deep safe passage has already been established on our border with Iraq, however, we have more work to do there, and we are already working,” he added. “Activities within the fight against terrorism are ongoing, we have made our plans, and the work is ongoing,” Güler said. On the terms that the strategic agreement will include and whether between them is the establishment of a safe zone with a depth of 30 kilometers, the Turkish defense minister said “A safe corridor with a depth of 30 kilometers has already been established, the issue is not whether it will be established or not, but there are some other things that we have to do there, and we are working on it.” On these matters, he added, “We say that there is (Qandil), and there is (Gara), shouldn’t we deal with them?, and whether Erdogan will go to Erbil after visiting Baghdad, Güler said: “What I know is that there is a visit to Iraq.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had pointed out that the water issue will be one of the most important items of his agenda during his upcoming visit to Iraq. During his attraction to the parties to talk with journalists after the government’s meeting in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said on Tuesday that they are studying requests submitted by the Iraqi side regarding water, stressing that they will seek to solve this problem with them. “They want us to resolve it and our steps will be in this direction, and there are also issues related to the flow of natural gas and oil to Turkey, and we will seek to address them as well,” he said. Erdogan hinted at the possibility of visiting Erbil after the end of his talks in the capital Baghdad. Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz said that President Erdogan will visit Iraq before the end of April.
Shafaq News/ Turkish Defense Minister, Yasar Guler, announced on Wednesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make an official visit to Iraq next Monday, which is his first visit since 2011.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had confirmed earlier today that the water issue would be one of the most important items on his agenda during his visit to Iraq, while he hinted at visiting Erbil after Baghdad.
Erdogan indicated that Turkey is studying requests submitted by the Iraqi side regarding water, stressing that they will seek to solve this problem with them, adding: “They want us to solve it and our steps will be in this direction, and there are also issues related to the flow of natural gas and oil to Turkey, and we will seek to Treat it as well.”