Iraq And Saudi Arabia Agree To Coordinate Positions And Support Anti-Corruption Projects
Time: 12/15/2023 16:03:10 Read: 468 times {Local: Al-Furat News} The Integrity Commission announced the agreement of the delegations of the Republic of Iraq and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of the tenth session of the states parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, to coordinate positions and support anti-corruption projects.
A statement by the Integrity Commission stated that “the Iraqi delegation represented by the head of the Federal Integrity Commission, Judge Haider Hanoun, discussed with the Saudi delegation headed by the head of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Commission (Mazen bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous) unification of positions and coordination between them regarding anti-corruption projects.” It is planned to be presented as part of the conference’s work.
During the meeting, Hanoun praised “the country assessment project presented by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” Stressing that “the Iraqi delegation strongly supports the Kingdom’s proposals and projects included in the conference’s work and recommendations,” Pointing out that “Saudi decisions and their success are conside red Iraq’s success, calling for consideration of presenting human rights standards in accordance with the principles and morals of Arab countries and the values and ideals of Islam.”
Hanoun affirmed “the Republic of Iraq’s support for the Nazaha Global Initiative.” To measure corruption launched by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is one of the biggest challenges facing many countries, which is the lack of objective indicators to measure the progress that countries are making in the field of combating corruption," Stressing that “the evaluation must be objective, free of any impurities that could make it have a political character, and that it must be based on facts, numbers, and scientific data.”
For his part, the head of the Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority expressed his happiness at strengthening and consolidating relations between Arab countries and the mutual endeavor to support the proposals and projects that emerge from them and the cooperation that he sensed from the Iraqi delegation, represented by the head of the authority, wishing the Republic of Iraq, its institutions and its people Development, prosperity, and progress in the field of combating corruption, stressing that the memorandum of understanding to be concluded between the Iraqi Federal Integrity Commission and the Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Commission is in the final stages of preparation.
In a related context, the Chief of Integrity met with his Jordanian counterpart ( Muhannad Ali Ibrahim Hegazy) “During the meeting, they discussed cooperation mechanisms in combating corruption, recovering funds and defendants, removing obstacles to that, and emphasizing putting the final touches to the memorandum of understanding between the two parties. Its conclusion will be announced in the next month. LINK
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