Zebari: 2015 budget will be in the Cabinet next week
Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Finance, said that there is a new ground between Iraq and the Gulf states to give the new federal government an opportunity to develop Iraq's relations with the Arab and Islamic surroundings. Zebari said, in an exclusive interview with Channel "Arab," The war on "Daash" cost billions of dollars by arming, equipping and salaries volunteers popular crowd decades, in addition to care for the displaced.
In this context, he pointed to the existence of "binding on us arming contracts such as the" F decades - 16 ", for example, with the United States." Zebari revealed, he would draft the end to balance the 2015 week next cabinet, expected to be approved.
He explained that the plan adopted in the budget of 2015 is "rationalize spending and reduce costs and bridging the existing deficit, which reached 35 trillion Iraqi dinars."
He added that for the first time will resort Baghdad to impose sales taxes on mobile phone, In addition to a host of other taxes to cover the deficit.
He continued that "the bulk of the budget goes to military effort and defensive effort for the country, and this will be repeated in 2015, probably more than 23% of the dedicated to the security and defense budget in 2015".
He said Zebari that "there is poor drainage or mismanagement, we first audited the alarm in the security establishment to carry out reforms, and we talked about ghost soldiers and become a matter of public opinion. "
As for the popular crowd has distract him more than $ 800 million in salaries, but that the money did not reach all concerned, where There are complaints that large numbers of the popular crowd did not receive their salaries, according to Zebari.
In this context, it was considered "to be everyone's cooperation. Army will have a key role, and the Peshmerga forces have an essential role, and also the crowd, but the most important role is to coalition forces who are our allies, and without whom the changed balance of power on the ground and was Arbil, talking of which is now threatened. "
He stressed that the government will support the Sunni tribes, adding "There is no specific time, but the clock started moving to Mosul battle" for the liberation of this province, "Daash". PUKmedia
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Hoshyar Zebari, Minister of Finance, said that there is a new ground between Iraq and the Gulf states to give the new federal government an opportunity to develop Iraq's relations with the Arab and Islamic surroundings. Zebari said, in an exclusive interview with Channel "Arab," The war on "Daash" cost billions of dollars by arming, equipping and salaries volunteers popular crowd decades, in addition to care for the displaced.
In this context, he pointed to the existence of "binding on us arming contracts such as the" F decades - 16 ", for example, with the United States." Zebari revealed, he would draft the end to balance the 2015 week next cabinet, expected to be approved.
He explained that the plan adopted in the budget of 2015 is "rationalize spending and reduce costs and bridging the existing deficit, which reached 35 trillion Iraqi dinars."
He added that for the first time will resort Baghdad to impose sales taxes on mobile phone, In addition to a host of other taxes to cover the deficit.
He continued that "the bulk of the budget goes to military effort and defensive effort for the country, and this will be repeated in 2015, probably more than 23% of the dedicated to the security and defense budget in 2015".
He said Zebari that "there is poor drainage or mismanagement, we first audited the alarm in the security establishment to carry out reforms, and we talked about ghost soldiers and become a matter of public opinion. "
As for the popular crowd has distract him more than $ 800 million in salaries, but that the money did not reach all concerned, where There are complaints that large numbers of the popular crowd did not receive their salaries, according to Zebari.
In this context, it was considered "to be everyone's cooperation. Army will have a key role, and the Peshmerga forces have an essential role, and also the crowd, but the most important role is to coalition forces who are our allies, and without whom the changed balance of power on the ground and was Arbil, talking of which is now threatened. "
He stressed that the government will support the Sunni tribes, adding "There is no specific time, but the clock started moving to Mosul battle" for the liberation of this province, "Daash". PUKmedia
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