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Al-Sudani chairs the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Iraq Fund for Development

Baghdad Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani chaired, today, Sunday, the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Iraq Fund for Development, which he chairs and which was voted on in the last session of the Council of Ministers.

The Prime Minister's media office stated: "During the meeting, the topics on the agenda were discussed, which included selecting the executive director of the fund, as well as reviewing the fund's initial work map."

The Prime Minister pointed out that the fund, whose idea began in 2017, represents a modern interface for Iraq with international standards, stressing the necessity of not diversifying into many projects and focusing and starting projects that will have a tangible impact.

He stressed the necessity of working with the mentality of the private sector, especially since there are representatives of it on the Fund’s Board of Directors, who can contribute to proposals for the optimal mechanism for dealing with companies and facilitating their procedures.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency