Iraq participates in the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund

4/19/2015 0:00

Baghdad morning

Iraq participated in the annual spring meeting of the International meetings with the International Monetary Fund in Washington, and, like Iraq in the meeting, Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari, and Central Bank Governor Dr. Ali Keywords at the annual meetings.

According to a statement issued by the Information Office of Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari received "morning," a copy of "The Iraqi delegation held a series of working meetings with the World Bank team to discuss and review the economic situation and fiscal and monetary policies in the country with international financial institutions.

The statement added that the Minister of Finance participated in the ministerial and an international meeting on climate finances and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from sources of energy in the space and the mechanism of taxes on energy use.



The statement emphasized that Zebari, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met on the sidelines of the meeting, which was chaired by President of the World Bank Group, Mr. Jim Day Kim and general director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, and attended public Allqaoualmder of the budget and the Director General of the Department of Public Debt and the Director General of the Department of the Iraqi Fund for External Development.

In a related development, Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari attended an invitation discussion organized by Citibank CITI-BANK Foundation)) and the presence of US Treasury Secretary Laurent Soma Reese interior ministers of Ukraine, Peru, the Philippines, Jamaica, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and a representative of the European Union, noting according to a press statement of the ministry that during the meeting, they reviewed the trends the global economy and the effects of political changes and Regional political and financial situation of the countries in the region.

For his part said US Treasury Secretary Mr. Minister ready administration to provide support and assistance needed to work and plans of the government.

 As programs met the Minister of Finance with the Under Secretary of State for Economic Development, Energy and Environment Catherine Novelli and the presence of Mrs. Lisa Kubiski Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development, and discussed with him the US economic relations - and has praised the level of Iraqi trade the US, which amounted to $ 16 billion and with military purchases 25 billion, as presented during the meeting, a number of practical ideas and proposals to stimulate the economic and investment cooperation between the two countries.


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