Today, Thursday, the US Central Command revealed the details of the negotiations between the United States and the Iraqi government regarding ending the military presence of the international coalition in Iraq.
The leadership stated in a statement received by Earth News Agency, “The United States and the Iraqi government will begin meetings of the working group of the US-Iraqi Supreme Military Committee (HMC) in the coming days, to begin a process that both sides committed to during the US-Iraq Joint Security Cooperation Dialogue (JSCD) in Washington, DC, from August 7 to 8, 2023.
She added, “The start of the joint committee process reflects the United States’ deep commitment to regional stability and Iraqi sovereignty.”
She noted, “The US-Iraqi Supreme Military Committee will enable the transition to a permanent bilateral security partnership between the United States and Iraq, based on the successes achieved by the campaign to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria in partnership with the Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent.”
She noted, “The committee relies on the inaugural meeting of the Joint Military Committee between the United States and Iraq, which was held on August 7 and 8, 2023. During this meeting, the United States and Iraq committed to starting a high-level military committee to discuss how to transition the coalition’s mission to defeat ISIS according to a timetable that takes into account “There are three main factors to consider: the threat posed by ISIS, operational and environmental requirements, and the capacity levels of the Iraqi Security Forces.”
She continued, “Expert working groups of military and defense specialists will study these three factors and advise the committee on the most effective development of the coalition’s mission against ISIS, ensuring that ISIS does not emerge again, in consultation with coalition partners at all stages of the operation.”
She stated, “American military personnel are present in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi government, as part of the mission of Operation Inherent Resolve to provide advice, assistance, and empowerment to the Iraqi security forces in their ongoing fight against ISIS,” noting that “the United States remains committed to a safe, stable, and sovereign Iraq.” “.
She stressed, “The United States and Iraq have enjoyed a deep and fruitful partnership on security matters over the past ten years since the Iraqi government called on the United States and the coalition to fight ISIS, including the seven years following the territorial defeat of ISIS in Iraq.”
She concluded by saying: “The start of the negotiation process reflects the development of the bilateral relationship between the United States and Iraq under the Strategic Framework Agreement, and confirms our commitment to deepening our security cooperation to enhance stability within Iraq and the region.”
Mawazine News – Baghdad Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani succeeded in defusing the crisis without dragging the country into conflict with the intensification of regional tension after the war on Gaza, where the American, Iranian and Turkish missiles that recently bombed Erbil, Bablobgdad and Anbar and the reaction by Iraqi forces against American headquarters was a clear signal of the country’s involvement and transformation into the arena of the next conflict. But the government managed to dismanger by persuading America to withdraw from Iraq by scheduling the exit of its forces amid unprecedented Iraqi popular support.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed that the Supreme Military Committee with Iraq will launch within days, to start a process committed by the two sides during the U.S.-Iraq Joint Security Cooperation Dialogue. In a statement on the start of the working group meeting, Austin said, “The United States and the Iraqi government will begin the meetings of the U.S.-Iraqi Supreme Military Committee (HMC) Working Group in the coming days, to begin a process committed to by both sides during the U.S.-Iraq Security Cooperation Dialogue (JSCD) in 2018. Washington, D.C., August 7-8, 2023. The start of an operation of the U.S.-Iraqi Supreme Military Commission (HMC) reflects the United States’ deep commitment to regional stability and Iraqi sovereignty.”
He continued: “It will enable the U.S.-Iraqi Supreme Military Commission (HMC) to transition to a permanent bilateral security partnership between the United States and Iraq, based on the successes of the campaign to defeat ISIS in Iraq in partnership with the Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. dissolved as part of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.”
The State Department announced the agreement with the United States to draft a timetable for the presence of international coalition advisers. The Ministry said in a statement received by Mawazine News, “In order to fulfill its national obligations and in line with the growing capacity and efficiency of the Iraqi forces, the Iraqi government announces, in agreement with the Government of the United States of America, the success of the ongoing negotiation rounds between the two sides that began in August 2023 and ends with the need to launch the Supreme Military Committee (HMC) at the level of work groups to assess the threat of ISIS and its danger, situational and operational requirements and strengthen the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces, in order to formulate a specific and clear timetable that determines the duration of the presence of the international coalition advisers in Iraq and to initiate the deliberate gradual reduction of its advisers on Iraqi soil and end the military mission of the coalition against ISIS.”
She added, “The agreement includes the transition to comprehensive bilateral relations with the coalition countries, political, economic, cultural, security and military, consistent with the vision of the Iraqi government. In particular, the Strategic Framework Agreement, which regulates comprehensive relations between Iraq and the United States of America and reflects the common desire for cooperation between the two sides in a way that achieves the interests of the two countries and contributes to strengthening Iraq’s regional and international role befits its historical status and building the best relations with the international community to serve the interests and aspirations of the Iraqi people.”
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The State Administration Coalition, which includes the vast majority of political forces that heads the current government, affirmed its support for the government’s position to regulate the relationship with the international coalition.
A statement of the coalition received by Mawazine News said that “the State Administration Coalition announces its support for the government’s position and support for the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which it announced the start of dialogue between Iraq and the international coalition led by the United States of America on organizing the relationship bilaterally with the parties to the coalition, ending the combat mission and setting a timetable to reduce the number of advisers.” The statement added that “the coalition reiterates its support for the government’s measures included in the ministerial curriculum, including dialogue with the international coalition and the recharacterization of its existence and the relationship with its parties.”
For his part, the coordination framework on Thursday praised the joint statement in order to start the dialogue that leads to the withdrawal of the international coalition after the end of its mission and helped Iraq in the war on ISIS.
The framework said in a statement received by Mawazine News, that “While the coordinating framework appreciates the support of the international community for Iraq in its war against terrorism, it congratulates the great efforts made by all national forces, led by the government throughout the past period in order to start negotiations with the international coalition to redraw the relationship with it, and to preserve Iraq’s rights, sovereignty, security and stability.” The framework stressed “the importance of formulating a specific and clear timetable for the duration of the presence of the international coalition advisers in Iraq, and to proceed with reducing the number of advisers on Iraqi soil.”'
The coordination stressed “its full support for the transition to comprehensive bilateral relations with the coalition countries in the political, economic, cultural, security and military fields in line with the vision of the Iraqi government and contribute to strengthening internal stability and maintaining the security of the country.” He praised “the government’s commitment to what is stated in its platform, which included dialogue with the international coalition and the recharacterization of its existence and need for it.”
In turn, the National Resolvement Alliance affirmed the support of the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani in stacking the sovereignty of Iraq and organizing a sustainable relationship with the countries of the international coalition. The head of the Progress Party, Mohammed Al-Halbousi, indicated his support for the government’s steps and its agreement with the United States to find a bilateral path for cooperation.
An Analytical Economic Vision For The National Security Strategy
Economy News – Baghdad Samir Al-Nusairi, Advisor to the Association of Banks introduction
Most of the countries of the world have national security strategies that adopt plans to build stability and community building for their people. The most prominent of these plans are related to ensuring food security, health security, and community security as basic priorities and a method for building a safe, stable, and developed society.
This, by the way, is what was clearly emphasized and referred to by Iraq’s Vision 2030 and the poverty reduction strategy. And the government curricula of all successive governments.
The basis for achieving this is the strength and solidity of the pillars on which the national economy is based, and the economy is the main focus of the national security strategy.
The relationship between the economy and national security
Iraq is currently going through an important and sensitive stage due to the political, security and economic conditions, and it can be identified in particular with regard to political, security and economic variables at the level of countries around the world and at the level of the geographical region, related to instability in global oil prices and the expectation of a new global spread of one of the Corona variants and the global economic recession.
In addition to the repercussions of the economic reality in Iraq and the great efforts being made by the government for financial and banking reform, regulating trade financing, controlling exchange rate stability, and shifting from a cash economy to a digital economy. The economic reality, according to official data, also indicates a continuation
Unemployment and poverty rates are still higher than economically permissible limits, despite the tireless efforts made by the government a year ago to reduce the above two phenomena.
All of these challenges led to the government taking effective measures to combat cases of financial and administrative corruption, alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people from lack of services, and move towards achieving food security by developing the food basket within the ration card, which means that addressing economic problems is the basis and the first link that must be adopted to build the strategy. The decree is for national security in its general sense, which must achieve the basis for the stability and economic development of Iraq.
In addition, what must be taken into consideration is the study and analysis of the confusion that accompanied the process of change after 2003 and the lack of a unified economic vision and methodology for the shape of the new state and how the economic structure should be in it, as confusion between a centralized economy and wishes for a transition to a market economy led to circumstances
A complex internal situation hindered the development process in Iraq, despite the passage of twenty years of change, and the matter has become more complex and difficult with the changes taking place in the region and the world.
Therefore, we believe that building the foundations of the national security strategy in its comprehensive sense, with a focus on the economic aspect, must result in achieving security, stability, and economic development in a way that contributes to achieving the well-being of society, and that it must be effective and implementable in the current circumstances that Iraq is experiencing.
Therefore, I hope many citizens and from various levels of government Political, economic, university professors, civil society organizations, youth, women, and professionals must contribute to its preparation.
The magnitude of the challenges requires a firm stand by all governmental, political and popular actors in order to protect Iraq and sustain the construction of its economy according to the realistic data that is below the level of everyone’s attention.
Therefore, we see beyond doubt that the economic reforms announced by the Prime Minister in the government curriculum, in accordance with the axes concerned with security and the economy, must Adopting it as an economic strategy to achieve national security focuses on Article 25 of the Constitution and other articles related to the state guaranteeing security and a decent life for the individual and the family and ensuring social justice among all classes and sects of the Iraqi people.
This strategy must also include a realistic application of the axes of the government program in its economic and security dimension and most importantly. From that claims
Legitimate efforts to eliminate financial and administrative corruption, address unemployment and poverty, and return Iraq’s money stolen from the corrupt.
Basic economic principles of the national security strategy
1- The sovereignty, integrity and territorial integrity of Iraq.
2- Building a sound national economy with multiple resources.
3- The private sector plays the pivotal role in leading the market.
4- Providing food, medicine, environmental, and social security for citizens
5- Securing a decent life for the individual and the family.
6-Reform and develop the financial and banking sector and increase its contribution to economic development.
7- The state guarantees social justice for citizens.
8- Reform and develop good governance institutions to provide the best services to citizens.
9-Information security and transparency in economic data and indicators.
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We note through the analysis of the basic and economic principles above that building a sound economy, which with its final results achieves prosperity and well-being for society, is the basis for building a national security strategy that goes beyond protecting internal security to protecting the homeland and ensuring its safety from external enemies.
Therefore, we affirm here that strengthening national security at home and abroad requires All relevant governmental and political parties, the private sector, and economic experts study, discuss, and analyze the challenges and reform measures for a secure Iraq and a strong economy.
Therefore, we propose the following:
First: Accelerating and activating the implementation of the axes mentioned in the government curriculum by developing executive and applied policies and mechanisms that shorten the time to develop productive economic sectors and diversify sources of non-oil revenues in directions that achieve what is stated in these axes in their detailed aspects, and setting a time limit for the implementation of each article of the aforementioned axes. To it above. Not exceeding 3 years.
Secondly, the government forms the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs, which consists of experts from the government and the private sector, in order to carry out economic reform, the first step of which is banking reform, in a way that enhances the role of the Central Bank of Iraq and the ministries concerned with economic affairs (finance, agriculture, industry, planning, oil, and electricity), in a way that enhances effective coordination.
And harmony between fiscal and monetary policies and to replace the Ministerial Council for the Economy and the Economic Reform Cell.
Third: Activate and establish executive mechanisms for economic reform procedures by supporting, developing and involving the private sector in economic decision-making, legislatively and institutionally, by activating the Private Sector Development Council in accordance with the vision of the Private Sector Development Strategy (2014-2030) prepared by the relevant expert committees in the Council of Ministers with the United Nations Development Programme.
Fourth: United Nations, focusing on what was covered in its three stages and actually starting to implement it, setting time limits for putting it into effect, and determining the elements of implementation, taking into account the circumstances that Iraq is currently going through, and forming an advisory body affiliated with the Council from advisors to organizations and private sector federations that are members of the Council.
Fourth - Motivating banks to truly work by expanding banking financing in accordance with the Central Bank’s initiatives to finance small, medium, housing and investment projects, and activating, applying and defining flexible mechanisms and instructions for implementation,
while setting clear foundations that guarantee the transparency of data and entities that have been lent by government and private banks, and establishing proactive oversight during implementation and after implementation. The entities benefiting from these loans should serve the central goal of allocating them to accelerate the economic cycle, reduce unemployment, develop small and medium enterprises, and contribute to development. 01/25/2024 - https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=39809
Very quiet out of Iraq...and quiet on the banking side.
Question: Is this weekend a possibility?
MarkZ: It is definitely a possibility.
Question: Do you think it is still possible that things go this month?
MarkZ: I think it’s possible. I am hopeful we will at least get announcements this month …even if we have not yet made it into the banks.
We keep getting positive news. Over the last 2 days in Iraq I’ve seen about 4 articles pushing to remove the US. And about them executing their white papers or economic reforms and restoring their exchange rate. To me “restoring” is to put it back the way it was. Right? And restoring it back to its former glory when it was one of the most valuable currencies in the world. So to me that would mean at least $3+...If you do the math $3.22 in 1991 and adding in inflation would be a rate of around $7.25 today. Wouldn’t that be something. WOW
Warplanes and complete American control… “information” reveals “accurate” details about Ain al-Assad
Information / Anbar.. On Friday, the former director of the Jubba Municipality Department, one of the sheikhs and notables of Anbar Governorate, Qatari Al-Samarmad, revealed precise details about the Ain Al-Assad base, while pointing out that 80% of the total area of the base is occupied by American forces.
Al-Samarmad said in a statement to Al-Ma’louma Agency that “80% of the total area of the Ain Al-Assad base in the Al-Baghdadi district of Hit district, west of Anbar, is occupied by American forces after increasing the number of its forces to reach about 5,000, including soldiers and advisors,” confirming “the presence of about 150 warplanes and naming them.” In addition to weapons, ammunition, smart bombs, missiles, and light and heavy military equipment.”
He added, “The American forces have begun to control Ain al-Assad base despite the presence of security forces from the Jazeera Operations Command,” noting that “these forces occupy a small area that does not compare with the large area that the American forces own after they carried out expansion operations that included areas Another for the base building.
He pointed out, “The American forces have a landing strip for military and civilian aircraft, and there is no intention to evacuate these forces from the Ain al-Assad base building at the present time.”