Officials from the IMF and the government meet in Amman to discuss the general budget

[yota691]

Officials from the IMF and the government meet in Amman to discuss the general budget

Officials at the IMF and the Iraqi government in the Jordanian capital Amman meeting dealt with the federal budget General for Iraq this year and a draft law to conclude contracts on credit, which is scheduled to go before the House of Representatives to discuss it.

In this regard, the Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi the hope that authenticates the House of Representatives the law of payment on credit to facilitate the implementation of the articles the budget law for the current year.

For his part, Minister of Planning Ali Shukri that "the government does not oppose the principle of contracts to pay forward."

while the head of Supreme Audit Abdel Basset Turki said that "the policy of the International Monetary Fund conflict with the issue of contracts for payment on credit. "

This, and the Minister of Finance pointed out that "Iraq consider the issue of payment of debt incurred by him to Jordan after the termination of discussions around with Paris Club countries which extinguished about 80 per cent of the Court of Iraq." http://www.radiodijla.com/cgi-bin/news/news_item.pl?id=2012-03-10%2008:39:38#.T1srtzGvi2E

[Abarvets]

Thanks Yota! I couldn't find anything on Friday about this meeting. I ran across that he had gone to Jordan to ask for debt forgiveness and the closing line was about this meeting with the IMF. Thanks again for posting!