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Prime Minister: The government has made great strides in the financial and banking reform file

 

9/24/2024

 

Baghdad

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed today, Tuesday, that the government has made great strides in the financial and banking reform file.

The Prime Minister's Media Office stated in a statement received by "Al-Eqtisad News" that "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani received the US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Wally Adeyemo, and a number of officials in the Ministry of Treasury."
He added that "the meeting discussed bilateral economic relations between the two countries in various vital sectors, reviewed the government's efforts and plans for economic and financial reform, the move towards diversifying sources of Iraqi output, enhancing development targets, and practical measures implemented in the field of combating money laundering."

The Prime Minister stressed that "the government has made great strides in the financial and banking reform file, and 95% of bank transfers have been completed through the electronic platform," noting that "less than 5% remains to be completed by the end of this year, after which the transition to the correspondent banking system will take place, in accordance with the government's approach and commitment to raising the capabilities of Iraqi banks, in line with international standards and meeting the needs of the thriving
investment environment in Iraq."

For his part, Adeyemo praised "the progress that Iraq is witnessing in the field of economic and banking reforms that were achieved in
record time, and the state of economic growth that reached a total of about 6%, which enhances the government's efforts in development, expressing readiness to cooperate and work within a bilateral partnership that serves the interests of economic development."

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