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Savaya is pleased with the factions’ movements and stipulates a complete and irreversible disarmament.
Mark Savaya, US President Donald Trump’s envoy to Iraq, welcomed the move by some Iraqi armed groups toward disarmament, considering it an encouraging development that responds to calls from religious authorities.
However, he stressed that statements alone are not enough, calling for a comprehensive and irreversible disarmament process implemented within a binding national framework that enshrines the state’s monopoly on the use of force.
He warned that Iraq stands at a critical crossroads between consolidating sovereignty and stability, or remaining trapped in a cycle of disintegration and uncontrolled weapons.
The reported steps taken by some Iraqi armed groups toward disarmament are a welcome and encouraging development. This represents a positive response to the persistent calls and aspirations of our religious authorities and esteemed scholars and leaders.
I express my deepest appreciation and gratitude for their wisdom, moral leadership, and principled guidance, which continues to serve as a guiding compass for the nation.
At the same time, statements alone are not enough. Disarmament must be comprehensive, irreversible, and implemented within a clear and binding national framework.
This process must also include the complete dismantling of all armed groups and ensure an orderly and legal transition of their members to civilian life.
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According to the Iraqi Constitution and the rule of law, no political party, organization, or individual has the right to possess or operate armed formations outside the authority of the state. This principle applies throughout Iraq without exception. The exclusive authority to bear arms and use force must remain solely with the legitimate federal and regional institutions entrusted with organizing, commanding, and managing the armed forces to protect the Iraqi people and defend the country’s sovereignty.
Iraq stands today at a crucial crossroads: either it moves forward on the path of sovereignty, stability, prosperity, unity and the rule of law, or it remains trapped in a spiral of disintegration and insecurity, where i*****l armed groups exploit state resources for personal interests and foreign agendas, further undermining state authority. (LINK)
Warning against the “illusion of wealth”: Iraq ranks among the poorest countries.
Economic expert Manar Al-Obaidi confirmed on Tuesday that the Iraqi economic crisis is not a crisis of money or oil prices, but rather a crisis of the absence of real production outside the oil sector, indicating that the per capita share of real production does not exceed $850 annually.
Al-Ubaidi said in an economic analysis entitled “The Illusion of Oil Wealth,” which was reviewed by Shafaq News Agency, that the size of the Iraqi non-oil economy does not exceed 90 trillion dinars, almost half of which goes to government spending on salaries and employment, while the real output of the private sector does not exceed $38 billion annually.
He pointed out that dividing this output by the population reveals a shocking reality, as it puts Iraq at the level of resource-poor countries like Mali and Chad, stressing that what appears to be relative prosperity is a “temporary veneer” financed by oil revenues.
He added that the Iraqi private sector, despite its size, is still indirectly linked to oil, because its activity is concentrated in import and trade, and the dollar it depends on comes mainly from oil exports, which means a lack of productive independence.
Al-Ubaidi called for what he described as a “corrective revolution” to get out of the cycle of selling oil in exchange for imports, based on privatizing the banking sector, supporting huge productive projects capable of exporting, in addition to developing tourism and services as an “enduring oil” that does not run out.
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He also stressed the need to simplify the business environment and eliminate bureaucratic red tape, and to adopt a trade diplomacy that obliges exporting countries to invest within Iraq, warning that the continuation of the current situation will keep the country merely a large consumer market subject to the fluctuations of oil prices. (LINK)
Iraq and Iran discuss activating the international transport system “TIR” (Transit)
A high-level Iraqi delegation discussed on Sunday with the Iranian side the mechanisms for activating the International Transport of Goods and Trucks (TIR) agreement, during a joint meeting chaired by the Prime Minister’s Advisor for Transport, Customs and Border Ports Affairs, with the participation of the General Company for Land Transport.
A statement from the General Company for Land Transport indicated that “the meeting was attended by the Director General of the Technical Department at the Ministry of Transport, Karim Al-Jabri, the Head of the Customs Authority, and a number of specialists, where ways to implement the (TIR) system were discussed, which is a qualitative leap to simplify customs procedures and facilitate the movement of goods across international borders with the least amount of delay.”
The statement added that “the meeting’s agenda focused on strategic axes, most notably simplifying procedures through flexible mechanisms to expedite customs inspection and auditing, as well as developing cooperation at border crossings to enhance the efficiency of trade exchange between the two countries.”
The company’s general manager pointed out that “activating the agreement will contribute to supporting the Iraqi land transport fleet, enhance the smooth flow of trucks and reduce operating costs, which will positively impact the national economy and Iraq’s position as a regional trade link.”
The statement continued, “At the conclusion of the meeting, both sides agreed to continue joint coordination and form working groups to follow up on the implementation of the understandings, in order to ensure that the agreement enters into force and serves the common interests of Iraq and Iran.” (LINK)
Source: Dinar Recaps
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