The CBI’s Governor Receives the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Iraq

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His Excellency the Governor of the CBI, Mr. Mustafa Ghaleb Makhaif, received on Wednesday, 18/1/2023, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Iraq, Mr. Aoki Lootsma, and his accompanying delegation.

During the meeting, they discussed aspects of joint cooperation between the two sides in several aspects, especially programs and policies aimed at combating poverty and unemployment in accordance with the priorities set by the government program.

The Governor expressed the desire of Central Bank of Iraq to continue and develop cooperation with United Nations’ programs, including the Development Program, which provided great support to Iraq in the humanitarian and development aspects, calling for Iraq’s support in facing climate changes and reducing their negative effects on vulnerable groups in society, reviewing plans that this bank adopts and finances for the transition to clean energy.

For his part, Mr. Lotsma appreciated the efforts made by the Central Bank of Iraq in the development and banking fields, noting that Iraq possesses many important opportunities, for which the program seeks to achieve more cooperation, in order to invest and direct them towards development, and the improvement of different sectors throughout the country in light of the joint action strategy for the coming years, which the UN program is working to complete and present to the Iraqi government in the coming weeks.

 

Central Bank of Iraq

Media Office

January 18^th, 2023