The Cabinet holds the 36th session, decisions included

INA - SOURCES

The Cabinet issued a number of decisions during the regular session held, on Tuesday, including obligating the General Authority of Customs to enter materials related to the population census and increasing the purchase price of one ton of the barley crop; amber; in Iraq.

"PM Muhammed S. Al-Sudani chaired the thirty-sixth regular session of the Cabinet as they reviewed latest developments in the country and a number of important economic files, in addition to considering the agenda and taking the necessary decisions regarding them,” according to a statement by the PM's media office - received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

The statement included, “In order to ensure that the salaries of the Popular Mobilization Forces members and their financial allocations are covered, the Cabinet voted to increase the allocations of the Popular Mobilization Forces for the year 2024.”

Within following up on the completion of major hospital projects, the Cabinet approved setting the necessary ways and mechanisms to complete the public hospital projects that were approved by the Ministry of Planning.

In terms of preparing for the general population census, the Cabinet voted to oblige the General Authority of Customs to insert materials related to the population census. In the event that a certificate of origin and an original invoice are not submitted, insurance of 1 million dinars shall be provided by the Ministry of Planning, as an exception to Cabinet Resolution 23672 of 2023, and a pledge to submit the aforementioned certificate and lists within 90 days. A maximum from the date of the customs declaration." 

In regard to supporting strategic crops, the Cabinet approved increasing the purchase price of one ton of the barley crop - amber - in Iraq from 950 thousand dinars, to become 1 million dinars per ton and maintaining the current price of the jasmine barley crop at 800 thousand dinars per ton. 

For the security cooperation with friendly countries, the Cabinet approved authorizing the National Security Advisor to negotiate and sign a draft memorandum of understanding for security cooperation between the National Security Advisory Council in the Republic of Iraq and the Supreme National Security Council in Iran, based on the provisions of the Treaty Conclusion Law 35 of 2015, with any amendment, annex or agreement resulting from the aforementioned memorandum being presented to the General Secretariat of the Cabinet; to express an opinion before signing it.

The Cabinet approved the recommendations of the minutes of the Diwani Order Committee 23995 related to the Chinese Framework Agreement projects, regarding the ratification of the allocation schedules prepared by the Ministry of Planning, based on the provisions of the axis of the Iraqi-Chinese agreement included in the Federal General Budget Law for the fiscal years 2023-2024-2025.

The statement included that “within the government's efforts to remove obstacles to stalled and suspended projects, as to complete their implementation, the Cabinet approved the following:

1- Increasing the reserve amount and the total cost of the project to equip and implement the second phase of the treatment plant on the right side of Mosul city.

2- Increase the cost of the Mosul/Right Coast M1-Nineveh sewerage project.

3- Amend the total costs of the project to rehabilitate the halls in Al-Rashad Training Hospital in Baghdad Governorate.

4- Increase the reserve amount and the total cost of the project to establish the Qara Tepe/Omar Mandan road - Baghdad-Kirkuk road junction, with a length of 22 km in its second phase.”

The Cabinet approved the Ministry of Finance allocating an amount of 11.839 billion dinars to the operating budget of Diwaniyah Governorate, from the emergency reserve, for the purpose of contracting with cleaning companies to serve the center of Diwaniyah Governorate District, for a period of 3 years, based on the provisions of the Federal General Budget Law 13 of 2023.

The session included the approval to exempt the contract to study the merger between the National Insurance Company and the Iraqi Insurance Company into one company, from the first paragraph of Cabinet Resolution 23545 of 2023, to proceed with the procedures for contracting with a company specialized in auditing and monitoring joint accounts.