Saleh assures the Minister of Finance of the need to resolve the files between Baghdad and Erbil in accordance with the constitution
Baghdad today – President of the Republic Barham Salih affirmed the necessity of resolving the differences between Baghdad and Erbil, according to the constitution, while pointing out the need for appropriate reforms and combating corruption.
The Office of the Presidency of the Republic said in a statement received (Baghdad today), that “Saleh received Finance Minister Ali Abdul Amir Allawi at the Peace Palace in Baghdad.”
Saleh stressed, according to the statement, “the necessity of undertaking appropriate reforms and combating corruption, working to rationalize government spending and preserve public money, and to develop and diversify the sources of the economy while the country faces the emerging Corona epidemic.”
He continued that “economic remedies to get out of the current conditions should not affect the low-income classes, employees and retirees and their life obligations.”
The statement added that “it was emphasized that the outstanding issues between the Federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government should be resolved in accordance with the constitution and legal frameworks in a manner that preserves the rights of all citizens.”
The meeting covered, according to the statement, “discussing the necessary means to support Iraq to face the current financial crisis and the plans and measures required to overcome it, and the importance of unifying efforts and solidarity among all to reduce the deficit in the public budget in order to achieve social justice and economic stability for all Iraqis.”
In turn, the Minister of Finance reviewed “the procedures followed by the ministry in dealing with economic and financial conditions, and the synergy required by the current circumstance to combine efforts to overcome the current stage and its implications for public life.”