Baghdad-INA
The Prime Minister’s Adviser for Financial Affairs, Mudher Mohammad Saleh, announced today, Saturday, that the country’s external public debt has decreased to $20 billion , while stressing that the year 2022 will be free of financial hardships and financing restrictions.
Saleh told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "Iraq's external public debt is decreasing, and it is around 20 billion dollars, and the public budget bears the debt-extinguishing according to set timings," noting that "the internal debt is still the largest at the present time, as it exceeds the external debt three times.”
Saleh continued "Iraq is in recovery and will inevitably live in the next year 2022 without financial hardships or funding constraints, caused by a lack of revenues, due to the recovery of the energy market and the rise in demand for oil, as well as the increase in the proceeds of Iraq's oil production by 400 thousand barrels per day," noting that "" This addition to the current total oil production and alone will generate an annual added revenue estimated at about 17 trillion Iraqi dinars if if the average price per barrel of oil is $75".