Saleh confirms Iraq's desire to cooperate optimally with the World Bank

Admin Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:11 am

2019/01/30 8:21 am

President Barham Salih expressed Iraq's desire to cooperate "optimally" with the World Bank, while a delegation from the bank confirmed support for the Iraqi economy.

The President of the Republic said in a statement that President Barham Salih received at the Peace Palace in Baghdad the delegation of the World Bank headed by the Executive Director and the Board Dean of the Bank Group Mirza Hassan and his accompanying delegation.

Saleh expressed the desire of Iraq to cooperate best with the World Bank in various fields to achieve prosperity and progress of the country, pointing to the need to promote employment and investment in the field of projects and economic and social development. He praised the support provided by the World Bank to Iraq to create effective partnership with Iraqi financial institutions by increasing areas of better investment of resources and energies.

For his part, the head of the delegation of the World Bank support the Iraqi economy, expressing the desire to broaden the horizon of cooperation in all areas. Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi also discussed with the Executive Director of the World Bank, Hassan Mirza, the government's directions on reconstruction, solving housing problems, ways to activate the economy and cooperation between Iraq and the Bank.

Abdul-Mahdi's office said in a statement that Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi received the Executive Director and the Dean of the Executive Council of the World Bank Hassan Mirza and the accompanying delegation, noting that during the meeting, the Iraqi government's directions for reconstruction, housing problems, ways to revitalize the Iraqi economy and cooperation between Iraq and the World Bank .

The meeting was attended by the Regional Director of Mashreq, the World Bank, the IFC Regional Director for the Middle East, the Special Representative of the World Bank Group in Iraq, the Director of the International Finance Corporation's Office for Mashreq, and the Director of the International Finance Corporation Office in Iraq.

https://www.almuraqeb-aliraqi.org/2019/01/30/126967/