Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired today, Thursday, the second session of the Supreme Committee for Reconstruction and Investment.
Al-Sudani stressed, at the beginning of the session, that the committee’s work supports the efforts of the Ministries in completing strategic and development projects, and implementing public policy and the objectives of the government program, within the work of the ministries and sectoral agencies, especially pushing major projects and enabling them to move forward, and moving stalled projects.
During the session, a number of projects under implementation were reviewed, and the chronological steps of the completion stages and progress were followed, in addition to following up the files and topics on the agenda, and taking the necessary decisions regarding them.
The session witnessed a follow-up of the tasks and powers of the committee, and a review of the Diwani Order (22430) of 2022, for the purpose of amending the tasks prepared by the body of advisors in the Prime Minister’s Office were also approved, taking into account the comments raised by the members of the committee, and the body of advisors undertaking the preparation of a paper containing clear and specific definitions (for development, strategic and infrastructure projects).
The project for constructing Highway No. 2 and its requirements for financing and implementation were also discussed, and it was decided that the Ministries of Planning and Reconstruction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works would undertake the inclusion of a component of preparing a study and surveys for the route of the new road, which connects (Samarra – Baghdad – Karbala – and Al-Najaf).
The session discussed the comprehensive survey of the Rafael project, and it was decided that the National Investment Commission would present the results of the surveys of the area surrounding Baghdad International Airport to a consulting office for the purpose of preparing a study on its possible uses, and presenting the results of the study to the Supreme Committee for Reconstruction and Investment.
The two investment projects of Zur Al-Jadriya and Al-Jadriya Lake were also discussed.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency