Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Iraq E-Government, China and Chapter 7, Maliki: Iraq is serious completion of e-government project ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) and Shahristani (L) in China

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Maliki: Iraq is serious completion of e-government project

Alsumaria News / Baghdad,

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on Wednesday, Iraq's seriousness to go ahead in e-government project, noting that the project required many areas in the country, expressed their R & D center in Shanghai, ready for the implementation of communication projects in Iraq.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki A statement issued by his press office on the sidelines of his visit to the center of research and development for Huawei in Shanghai, China that Iraq "needs to evolve in the field of technology", stressing that "Iraq is a serious move on the subject of e-government in all aspects in accordance with the scientific developments in force globally.".

Maliki said that "this is required in many areas such as borders, traffic and control the streets and in police stations and elsewhere." The Ministry of Science and Technology announced on July 12 of this, the opening of e-government portal, which was limited to five institutions of government, only the Ministry of Interior, Health and Communications and Science and technology and the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, while confirming that the protection on that gate is a matter of luck.

For their part, showed officials at the Center for Research and Development at Hua their desire to establish communication projects developed in Iraq. " The Department of Research Center, explained to the Prime Minister and his accompanying delegation on the developments scientific and technological, which they reached in the field of communications.

The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday, during his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Iraq's desire to obtain China's support for the withdrawal of Iraq from Chapter VII, renewed his call for Chinese companies to work in Iraq, while President noted Chinese to the direction of his country are vital to the reduction or cancellation of debt owed ​​by Iraq and its support in the Security Council to get rid of international sanctions.

The Ministry of Science and Technology confirmed, the end of last March, seeking to launch a portal to the Iraqi government, pointing to the importance of the project in providing faster and easier for citizens.

The e-government project in Iraq, which began in 2003 to form a government body for the project, but the deteriorating security situation and the lack of appropriate infrastructure has in previous years to delay its application.

The e-government project, linking the country's ministries with each other, as well as Other services provide the ease and speed of transactions between citizens and government departments. and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on July 17, to a China at the head of a ministerial delegation on an official visit at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao for a three days.

The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called for In a speech, on 18 July of this, during the economic cooperation of Iraq - the Chinese, which was held in the Chinese capital Beijing, the Chinese companies to expand steps toward Iraq and to benefit from expectations of high growth of its economy by investing in the sectors of energy, housing, industry, agriculture and infrastructure, while urged the Chinese government to sign a bilateral agreement to ensure and protect those investments, he stressed the need to benefit from China's experience in the management of special economic zones to build the Iraqi model that simulates the Chinese experience in this area.

The Iraq and China have agreed on the 26 of last February to develop economic and trade cooperation during the to meet with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Chinese government delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Jay Jones and China will play a major role in the development of the fields of Iraqi oil, and got four decades in Basra, Maysan, and Al Kut, where they signed and Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, in the twenty-fifth of last April, signed an agreement at one billion dollars within the the second phase of the original contract with a Chinese company to double production of electric power station Zubaydiah thermal province of Wasit.

The Council of Ministers approved, in August of last year 2010, the central plan for e-government and approved by the ministries and local governments and the Kurdistan region, which would contribute to capacity-building material recruitment and human resources to information technology and telecommunications in Iraq and guide the ministries and provinces to contribute effectively in the implementation of the plan.

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