ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At a high-level meeting with Iraqi provinces' officials, Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi discussed the economic crisis the country has been suffering and said that when there is a stable security situation brought about the economy will develop. "Iraq will strongly prevail over the economic crisis it is suffering from through patience and cooper
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BAGHDAD, February 11. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has called for diversifying Russian-Iraqi trade and declared that there had emerged plans for joint projects of interest in various spheres. Speaking in Baghdad at a meeting of the bilateral inter-government commission, the first over many years, Rogozin said that the preceding consultations by experts a
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Berlin (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi urged Kurdistan on Thursday to drop any plans for independence, criticising a proposed statehood referendum and warning the autonomous region would not prosper on its own. Abadi also highlighted the economic crisis Iraq faces, saying that oil revenues had fallen by 85 percent compared to two years before -- a major challenge m
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday he would reshuffle his cabinet to appoint technocrats to replace ministers appointed on the basis of political affiliations. He gave no details about the timing of the change or what positions would be affected, but promised decisions soon including ones related to fighting corruption. "Out of my responsibility ... to lead th
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Rome (dpa) - The Iraqi economy, reeling from the collapse of world oil prices, needs international help to adjust to the shock, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Wednesday. Oil - which provides more than 90 per cent of Iraq‘s government revenue - is currently worth little more than 30 dollars per barrel, down from about 110 dollars in mid-2014. "We are experiencing a very d
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