Finance Minister: Iraq is looking forward to more cooperation with the IMF

Baghdad-INA  
  Finance Minister Taif Sami Muhammad confirmed today, Wednesday, Iraq's aspiration for more cooperation with the IMF.
 
The Ministry of Finance said, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "The Minister of Finance, Taif Sami Muhammad, received today the Regional Director of the International Monetary Fund in Iraq, Ghazi Shbeikat," noting that "the meeting discussed a number of files related to the framework of joint cooperation between the two sides, the most prominent of which is the provision of the necessary technical advice by the Fund to enhance financial reform plans, in addition to the involvement of international experts in the process of developing the performance of the banking sector and improving accounting systems and budget work.
 
Sami confirmed that "Iraq is looking forward to more cooperation with the IMF, in support of the government's reform programs that it is implementing in the sectors of finance, economy, investment and sustainable development projects."
 
While Shbeikat expressed his optimism "that the Iraqi economy will witness an improvement in annual growth rates, and that this improvement will be reflected in supporting the rest of the development sectors."