Al-Atwani assures the Tunisian Minister of Finance the serious desire to benefit from the experience of wealth management, 28 OCT

 Al-Atwani assures the Tunisian Minister of Finance the serious desire to benefit from the experience of wealth management

Economy News – Baghdad

The Chairman of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Atwan Al-Atwani, on Monday, assured Tunisian Finance Minister Siham Al-Boghdiri the serious desire to benefit from the Tunisian experience in managing financial and monetary wealth, and its steps in achieving sustainable development.

A statement from the Media Office of the Chairman of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, seen by “Economy News”, stated that “the Chairman of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Atwan Al-Atwani, and the accompanying delegation, met with the Tunisian Finance Minister Siham Al-Bughdiri, in the presence of the Chargé d’Afaires of the Iraqi Embassy in Tunisia, and the advanced staff in the Tunisian Ministry of Finance, to discuss ways to enhance cooperation and joint coordination between Iraq and Tunisia, with regard to the development of the financial, monetary and economic system, and to achieve the aspirations of the two brotherly peoples.

According to the statement, Al-Atwani stressed “the serious desire to benefit from the Tunisian experience in managing financial and monetary wealth, and its steps in achieving sustainable development, especially since it has a pioneering experience in relying on non-oil revenues, in financing the general budget of the state.”

The statement added that “the meeting came within the framework of Iraq’s direction to maximize its non-oil resources, so we aspire to positive integration with Tunisia in this regard, in order to achieve sustainable development that requires economic stability,” explaining: “This cannot be achieved for a country that depends entirely on oil, and we cannot accept that our economy remains subject to fluctuations in oil prices.”

The statement continued, “The meeting reviewed the most important challenges facing the financial and monetary sector, how to build the general budget of the two brotherly countries, ways to diversify sources of income and address deficits, and mechanisms for expanding the tax base and estimating revenues,” sevisting “the Iraqi government’s adoption of the application of automation and digital transformation, as it is an essential step in combating corruption and improving services.”