Newspapers are interested in Sudanese confirmation of seeking to recover those convicted on corruption charges and Baghdad hosting the Asian Society conference
The newspapers published in Baghdad today, Thursday, the ninth of November, focused on Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani’s confirmation of Iraq’s efforts to recover those convicted on corruption charges and its stolen money, and Baghdad’s hosting of the Asian Association conference... and other political, security and economic issues, including the extension of the Jambur oil pipeline.
Al-Zawraa newspaper, published by the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, highlighted on its front page Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani’s confirmation that Iraq is seriously seeking to recover those convicted on corruption charges and its looted funds.
She referred to what Al-Sudani said, while chairing the seventh regular meeting of Iraqi ambassadors represented in Arab and foreign countries: “Iraq is communicating with the Arab and international circles in order to achieve a ceasefire and supply our Palestinian people besieged in Gaza with humanitarian aid.”
It quoted the Prime Minister: “Iraq’s position was consistent with the historical position of the people, religious authorities, and political leaders,” stressing to the Iraqi diplomatic missions the need to reveal Iraq’s clear position on the Palestinian issue, which we consider an issue of principle and belief.
She indicated that the Prime Minister reviewed the most prominent achievements in the government program, in terms of services, confronting poverty, unemployment, combating corruption, and reforming the economic file, as well as reviewing the promising and future opportunities that the government will invest in the oil, strategic industries, and gas sectors, where Iraq will enter. To the global gas market and will achieve self-sufficiency within 3-5 years.
Al-Zawraa also focused on Al-Sudani’s guidance on the necessity of continuous and direct communication with the Iraqi communities, and his emphasis that one of the duties of diplomatic missions abroad is to connect members of the communities with their country, and to encourage creative artists and intellectuals to communicate and provide their services to Iraq.
As for Al-Sabah newspaper, which is published by the Iraqi Media Network, it followed Baghdad’s hosting of the Asian Society conference with the participation of most Asian member states to discuss eight files, including voting on a draft resolution related to Palestine.
In this regard, it quoted a member of the Foreign Relations Committee in the House of Representatives, Haider Al-Salami, as saying: “The Political Committee of the Asian Parliamentary Association will hold its meeting on Friday and Saturday,” noting that the meeting “will be attended by all Asian delegations within the Assembly, which will reach 15 delegations.”
Al-Salami explained: “The General Secretariat of the Assembly will discuss eight draft resolutions related to the political situation for the purpose of unifying the visions of Asian parliaments and activating the role of parliamentary diplomacy,” adding that “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is concerned with diplomacy and international relations, and today we are on another side, which is parliamentary diplomacy, which is concerned with rapprochement of peoples.” Considering that members of Parliament are representatives of the people and decisions and laws are issued from them.”
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On the economic issue, Al-Zaman newspaper reported on the Ministry of Oil’s extension of the Jambur oil pipeline.
It quoted oil expert Bahjat Ahmed as saying: “This line is not related to the National Union or the Kurdistan Regional Government, and this line is within the Northern Gas Company and within the powers of the Federal Ministry of Oil.”
He added: "This line between Kormor and Jambur is old and its establishment dates back to the era of the previous regime, and the regional government used it to pump Condest for the purpose of mixing this substance with the region's oil for the purpose of improving its quality."
The oil expert stated, according to Al-Zaman: “The Oil Ministry’s statements relate to the new line and are not related to the Kurdistan Regional Government, and there is a political issue behind it, and the Kurdistan Region does not produce enough gas for the purpose of using it in other regions of Iraq, and it needs gas for the purpose of internal use and achieving sufficiency.” .
The newspaper explained that the Jambur line transports crude oil from the Kirkuk fields to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean coast. Crude began flowing through it for the first time in 1976, but the oil stopped flowing through it during the past few years, and its path has changed.
She continued: “Because the route of the line cuts through several cities, such as Baiji in Salah al-Din, Shura and Ain al-Jahsh in Nineveh, and then Dohuk before it enters Turkey, the regional authorities changed its route and connected it to new pipelines that pass through the Kurdistan region, and they took over extracting oil from the Kirkuk fields and exporting it to Turkey.” https://www.ninanews.com/Website/News/Details?key=1088780
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