Alaq discusses the latest preparations for the Kuwait conference
Alaq discusses the latest preparations for the Kuwait conference
21/12/2017 12:00 AM
BAGHDAD / Sabah –
Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Dr. Mahdi Al-Alaq, held a meeting of the national team to prepare for the Kuwait conference to discuss the latest steps and preparations for the conference.
The meeting was attended by the Governor of the Central Bank Ali Mohsen Ismail, the Head of the Reconstruction Fund for the Affected Areas Mustafa Al-Hiti, the Chairman of the Advisory Council Abdul Karim Hassan, the Foreign Ministry Representative Ambassador Saad Mohammad Reza and the President of the Iraqi Fund for Foreign Development Hussein Jaber Abdul Hamid, Director of the Office of Information and Communication Government Yusra Karim Mohsen, and the Fund for Reconstruction of the affected areas, Yasmin
Jamal.
The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers reviewed the most important paragraphs of the Working Group to the conference, namely the study of the full damage to the liberated areas, to urge international grants, study investment opportunities to be presented by the Investment Authority and study the issue of the private sector and other aspects related to the economic development of the country.
He pointed out that the World Bank, which supports Iraq at this conference, will hand over the analytical study on the damage to the national team on January 7 next year, confirming a later date for another technical meeting in the presence of the Chairman of the Investment Authority to review the most important investment opportunities possible at the conference.
The Secretary-General pointed out that the conference will witness a great presence of international and regional companies and the participation of Iraqi businessmen.
For his part, stressed the need to manage the funds and how to achieve justice in the disbursement of grants, and how to invest in the event that the government decided to transfer some of the affected sites and public facilities on investment, stressing that the plan must include solid and convincing ways to win the confidence of the world and donor countries.
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