Baghdad The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fouad Hussein, chaired today, Monday, the fourth meeting of the Ministerial Council for the Economy, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Planning, Ministers of Finance, Trade, Industry, Agriculture, Labor and Social Affairs, the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers, the Governor of the Central Bank and advisors of Prime Minister for Economic and Legal Affairs.
According to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Council hosted a delegation from the Kurdistan region that included the ministers of finance and economy, natural resources, the head of the oversight office, the head of the presidential office, the representative of the Kurdistan region in Baghdad and a number of advisors and Director Generals.
The Deputy Prime Minister indicated the importance of sitting at the discussion table in order to resolve all outstanding economic issues.
This meeting began to discuss the draft federal budget law, “where the Minister of Finance, according to the statement, provided an explanation of the most important paragraphs of the draft law and what the draft included, pointing to the importance of agreeing on the paragraphs that pertain to the Kurdistan region.
For his part, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning confirmed the direction of the government and the Prime Minister in order to resolve all outstanding problems between Baghdad and Erbil, as included in the government curriculum for it, referring to the formation of three important joint committees involved in this field, and the third is concerned with the work of border crossings and related matters.
For his part, the Minister of Finance and Economy in the regional government affirmed his government’s determination to clear all outstanding and thorny issues.
At the end of the hosting, Fouad Hussein indicated the existence of common ground and the national desire to resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency