Iraq agreed to end the file of workers dues Egypt and supplying 4 million barrels of oil to a month

Author: MJM
Editor: MJ, NK
2013/03/25 19:26


Term Press / Baghdad

The Ministry of Planning, on Monday, agreed with their Egyptian counterparts on exchange entitlements Egyptian workers and pointed out that the High Commission will start in April next registration database of these workers to divert their dues pensions, estimated at $ 60 million, while the Minister of Planning Almusr that his country had agreed with Iraq to supply four million barrels of crude oil to Egypt at the beginning of next month.

He said Iraqi Planning Minister Ali Yusuf Shukri in a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Ashraf Arab today at the headquarters of the ministry in Baghdad, attended by (long-Presse), he agreed with his Egyptian counterpart on the "pay Egyptian workers who have left Iraq after 1990 as receivables pension," noting it "is estimated at $ 60 million."

Shukri added that "the Supreme Committee, which formed in this regard will commence early next month of April to register the database for these workers to divert their dues."

On the subject of deposit amount of four billion dollars in the Central Bank of Egypt to support the economy, explained Iraqi Planning Minister that he "had not been discussed this issue during a meeting of the Egyptian delegation as regards Iraq's central bank," but he pointed out that "this matter will be discussed between the Central Bank of Iraq and his Egyptian counterpart. "

Egypt was announced on Monday, sending an economic delegation to Iraq includes the Minister of Planning and the Governor of the Central Bank and economists to agree on the details of the deposit of the Iraqi foreign currency in the Central Bank of Egypt in order to support the Egyptian economic semi-collapsed because of the protests and unrest continued in the country for more than two years.

For his part, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Arab Egyptian Ashraf during the conference that "it is hoped that the visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Cairo mid next month where he will meet with Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil to discuss all the files between the two countries."

Arab pointed out that "it was agreed with the Iraqi side on the supply of four million barrels of crude oil per month be refined in Egypt," noting that "the first shipment of Iraqi oil will start to Egypt would be the first of the month of April next year."

And on workers' entitlements Egyptians stressed that "Iraq was very cooperative with us in regards to the payment of dues of Egyptian workers, estimated at sixty million dollars, according to existing databases for 1,500 people."

Arab said he "discussed with Shukri several axes, particularly in the field of trade and investment side between the two brotherly countries."

The Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil had visited Iraq in the (4-of March 2013), accompanied by a delegation comprising a number of ministers and Egyptian businessmen on an official visit, the first Prime Minister of Egypt for more than 20 years, and continued to visit for one day.

He announced Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that the announced visit his Egyptian counterpart Hisham Qandil, which resulted in the agreement with Egypt on the export of crude oil to that date back to the export to Iraq in the form of oil products after refining in refineries, and so through the tube to be built across the Jordan, while stressing agreement between the two countries to combat terrorism and extremism in the region, Qandil stressed that Egypt is determined to make several economic agreements with Iraq, including the benefit of the two countries.

He met Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the fifth month of February with his Egyptian counterpart Hisham Qandil on the sidelines of the conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which was held in the Egyptian capital Cairo, was agreed during the meeting to set a date to visit Qandil to Iraq early March current, also met Maliki Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.

The Egyptian ambassador in Baghdad, Sheriff Shaheen, visited in the 5 of February last 2013 Shia cleric in Najaf, describing his visit that the "very important", adding that religious leaders play a positive role in promoting peace in the region, while expressed reference concern of developments in Egypt.

There have been Iraqi relations Egyptian sophisticated and clear after the fall of the Mubarak regime in February 2011 due to internal political crisis experienced by Cairo since his fall at the end of January of the year 2011 because of the conviction in Baghdad weak regional role played by Egypt during the current period and its inability to influence the issues Arab according to observers.


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