Iraqi Finance Minister Faleh Sari held a meeting today, Wednesday, with Jihad Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund, in the presence of the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, in the Thai capital, Bangkok, to discuss financial and monetary policy pathways.
The Ministry of Finance stated in a statement received by the News Video Agency that Minister Sari reviewed during the meeting the financial pressures facing Iraq, emphasizing the importance of enhancing cooperation with the IMF and benefiting from its expertise in dealing with economic changes, as part of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group to strengthen partnerships in support of the reform process.
It added that the IMF official Jihad Azour expressed the fund's readiness to support Iraq in facing its financial crisis resulting from tensions in the Middle East, confirming the importance of adopting solutions that correspond to the magnitude of the challenges facing the country.