Day: 4 May 2023

THE PARLIAMENTARY FINANCE COMMITTEE HOSTED THE MINISTER OF CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING TO DISCUSS THE MINISTRY’S BUDGET.

SOURCE: NATIONAL IRAQI NEWS AGENCY

KURDISH SOURCES ANNOUNCED THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE KURDISTAN REGION, NECHIRVAN BARZANI, ARRIVED IN BAGHDAD AND MET WITH PRIME MINISTER MUHAMMAD SHIAA AL-SUDANI.

THE KURDISH RUDAW NETWORK HAD PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT NECHIRVAN BARZANI WOULD ARRIVE IN BAGHDAD THIS AFTERNOON AND MEET WITH PRIME MINISTER MUHAMMAD SHIAA AL-SUDANI.

NECHIRVAN BARZANI WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE THIS EVENING IN THE “IRAQ FOR STABILITY AND PROSPERITY” FORUM, IN A SESSION ENTITLED “KURDISTAN REGION: AN ACTOR ON THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARENA.”/ END TO RECEIVE MORE NEWS,

SOURCE: NATIONAL IRAQI NEWS AGENCY

FIRST DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT, MOHSEN AL-MANDALAWI, CALLED FOR GIVING PRIORITY TO THE WATER AND AGRICULTURAL FILES IN THE GOVERNMENT’S ACTION PLAN IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THESE TWO IMPORTANT SECTORS.

DURING HIS MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES IN THE KURDISTAN REGION, MRS. BEKRED TALABANI, ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY HIS OFFICE, STRESSED THE PARLIAMENT’S KEENNESS TO LEGISLATE LAWS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO REFORMING THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AND SUPPORTING FARMERS, INCLUDING AMENDING THE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT LAW AND THE LAW OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE.

AL-MANDALAWI EXPRESSED THE PARLIAMENT’S SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT’S COMPREHENSIVE VISION INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.

DURING THE MEETING, THEY DISCUSSED THE WATER FILE, THE REHABILITATION OF DAMS, THE FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL PLAN, THE PROBLEMS OF FARMERS, AND THE CALL FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE KURDISTAN REGION TO PREPARE DRAFT LAWS RELATED TO THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. , AS WELL AS ACTIVATING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO MINISTRIES, AND WORKING TO LAUNCH A MAJOR CAMPAIGN TO REVIVE AGRICULTURAL AND SEMI-DESERT AREAS AND ESTABLISH AND REHABILITATE DAMS.

SOURCE: NATIONAL IRAQI NEWS AGENCY