Nazim: The Baghdad Summit .. the culmination of Iraq's diplomatic efforts / expanded

Tuesday 24 August 2021 18:18
 
Baghdad / NINA / - The official spokesman for the Council of Ministers and Minister of Culture, Hassan Nazim, confirmed that: The Baghdad summit of neighboring countries to be held next Saturday... is the culmination of Iraq's diplomatic efforts, which have been accepted regionally and internationally.

He said in the weekly press conference that: The conference will witness a distinguished presence of neighboring countries and France.

Nazim added that: the visits of the foreign prime minister, the last of which was Kuwait, which was an important visit within the government's plans and political work, is an extension of previous regional and international visits and is part of the state's diplomatic work.

He explained that: the visit to Kuwait resulted in the beginning of the joint technical committees in order to set schedules for the important projects.

Nazim stressed that: The government's position on the upcoming elections is firm and that they are held on time and that there is no return from when they were held, while facilitating the commission's work and meeting its needs.

And he continued, that: The committee for communicating with the withdrawing political forces is still continuing its work, as well as Al-Kazemi by communicating with these forces, which will produce positive results soon.

And Nazim said: The security leaders raise assurances that the elections will be held on time and in a safe and fair atmosphere. Iraq succeeded in holding previous elections under more difficult circumstances, and we will succeed in conducting them.

He pointed out that the Council of Ministers discussed a project to amend the naming of the Ministry of Electricity to the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, noting that: The matter is not only changing the name, but working to implement renewable energy, and the relevant law will be referred to Parliament.

Nazim said that: The Council agreed to establish the General Company for Middle Euphrates Electricity and to approve the stages of maintenance of electricity networks with the American company (GE) for a period of 5 years. And to approve the request of the Ministry of Oil to establish the Basra Energy Company in the giant Rumaila field.

He added, "The electrical situation is stable despite the threats and explosions of the towers, which the ministry cadres are repairing immediately, with the full support of the government, in order to continue increasing production at high rates."/ End 3

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