Iraqi revenue will double next year
BAGHDAD: Iraqi revenue will double next year from A to two thousand dollars
Barham Salih said the Deputy Prime Minister stated that the Iraqi per capita income will double during the year 2008, as will plans by the government to two thousand dollars, compared with the previous year which stood where the current thousand dollars, on condition of this occurring eliminate financial and administrative corruption.
Saleh said that the government has among its priorities for the coming year to combat financial and administrative corruption, describing it as dangerous disease and the first challenge during 2008 according to the Iraqi newspaper Sabah published today. The Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has announced the beginning of this month that next year will be the year of fighting corruption in all government departments to begin the reconstruction of a wide campaign to all regions of the country.
Deputy Prime Minister stressed that in the event was the eradication of corruption or the greater part of the Iraqi capita annual income will see considerable leap in quality, stressing that the economic plans established by the Special Committee of the Council of Ministers (headed by) will over the next five years to make the income citizen, equal or higher than the per capita income Gulf.
He continued: that Iraq was able to complete all its obligations to the bank and the international community three months before the scheduled time, pointing out that this was a significant achievement, compared States superpower has been unable to achieve its commitments. The government and the World Bank have signed an agreement during the previous period of several items, defines mutual commitments between the parties.
The Deputy Prime Minister said the budget next year of $ 48 billion dollars will allow the implementation of investment projects and economic benefits, explaining that all directions confirm that the year 2008 years of reconstruction and economic prosperity, after security marked improvement in most areas of the country, including the capital Baghdad.
And the Government's plans for the export of crude oil and natural gas, Saleh said: that Iraq is working to diversify export outlets for crude oil, noting that the next step will be the direction of Jordan and Turkey after recent agreements with Syrian and Iranian sides.
Politically Deputy Prime Minister revealed that the next few days would witness intensifying meetings between the most power to move the political process and to reach definitive solutions on a number of issues and points outstanding, calling on politicians to show flexibility in the discourses, to concentrate on reconstruction projects and the economic boom that the Government strives to be completed in the 2008.
And on the Government's efforts to bridge the gap in viewpoints among actors in the region, the Deputy Prime Minister that Iraq seeks to be a working consensus, not disagreement, alluding to the existence of regional equation involving all parties.
He explained "that there must be an Arab dimension is the focus, and not be neglected, although the Iranian American understanding is important in the region in general and Iraq in particular, it is not the only focus."
He denied Barham Saleh, a government attempts to enter Syria within the tripartite talks (Iraqi-Iranian American), indicating that the two parties (Damascus and Washington) are private channels of communication, urging them to engage in dialogue, the positive ramifications of the situation in Iraq
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