Iraq’s government allocates $65 million for national interest – spokesman

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Council of Ministers decided on Tuesday during its 4th session to approve to add $29 million to the investment budget for the municipalities and public works ministry, and to allocate $65 million within the general budget for the national reconciliation project, the official spokesman for the Iraqi government said. “The Council of Ministers took ten decisions regarding different subjects, mainly the addition of $29 million to the investment budget for the municipalities and public works ministry,” al-Dabagh said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. “The council also agreed in its second decision to allocate $65 million within the general budget of 2009 for the national reconciliation project,” al-Dabagh added. SH (P)/SR 1