Sunday, June 5, 2011

Very Nice ~ Iraqi minister: completion of about 80% of the draft summit Baghdad

Iraq unveils refurbished palace (April 2011)

05/06/2011

Iraqi minister: completion of about 80% of the draft summit Baghdad

Baghdad, The Minister of Housing and Reconstruction of Iraq Sunday for a complete about 80 percent of the projects planned Arab summit in Baghdad in the spring.

The postponed summit of Arab leaders to March 2012 after he was scheduled to be held this year, due to the disturbances and uprisings of several Arab countries.

The Minister of Housing and Construction Mohammed Darraji that "the proportion completing projects for the Arab summit and reached more than 80 percent."

Darraji was speaking to reporters, including reporter and news agency Kurdistan (Rn), having reviewed the progress of work in a number of sites that add the Arab summit, most notably those in the fortified Green Zone security.

The Iraqi minister pointed out that the project will be completed in full with the date of the convening of a summit meeting in Baghdad in March next year.

Baghdad hotel

Iraq did not add an Arab summit since late May of 1990 because of international sanctions and political constraints at the time.

Daraji said "There are problematic in some projects Kalqsour presidential (as) decided to withdraw the work from the company implemented a company Salar Turkish reluctance to complete the project. We will take punitive action the right and the right of any company falling behind schedule."

He added that "there is reluctance in the disbursement of money to companies that completed its work," and said that all loans submitted to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers since more than three months.

The Baghdad government has spent $ 300 million for the rehabilitation of the six largest hotels in Baghdad in preparation for the Arab summit.

It was assumed that the Summit will be held under the chairmanship of Iraq in 23 months from next March, but postponed to 29 of the same month, then postponed to the month of May and later postponed to next year.

The holding of the Arab Summit the largest event in the country for nearly two decades, while supposed to be done without U.S. presence. U.S. troops will leave Iraq - according to a security agreement - by the end of this year.

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