MOFA: The Iraqi delegation will discuss in Washington basic issues related to financial and banking aspects

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  • 2-02-2023, 20:01
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    Baghdad-INA 

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Iraqi government delegation, which will visit Washington soon, will discuss financial and banking files, including the high exchange rate of the dollar.

    "The delegation will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Fouad Hussein, and it will hold its negotiations on the eighth and ninth of this month in Washington," the ministry's spokesman, Ahmed Al-Sahaf, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

    Al-Sahaf added, "The delegation will include members of the financial and banking sectors, and will discuss with the American side a number of issues of common interest based on the strategic framework agreement between the two sides and in view of the multidimensional interests between Baghdad and Washington.".

    And he continued, "This visit is hoped that all Iraqi interests will be discussed within the strategic horizon with the United States of America and given the nature of the government program and given the internal Iraqi national priorities," noting that "there are basic issues to be discussed, foremost of which are issues related to the financial and banking aspects." And the high exchange rate of the dollar in the Iraqi reality and the possibility of cooperation and coordination with the American side in this matter.

    Al-Sahhaf indicated that, "A number of issues will also be discussed, including aspects related to bilateral relations between the two sides and ways to push them to broader spaces that are consistent with the nature of the Iraqi internal demand in the meantime."

    He pointed out, "The visit of Prime Minister Muhammad S. Al-Sudani to Paris transferred the relationship with France from one space to another multidimensional strategic space, which resulted in the signing of several memorandums of understanding and put the relationship on a strategic path," adding, "It is hoped that it will move us Our qualitative partnership with Paris has led to a space that can be built upon and said that it will provide a qualitative response."