Mustafa Al-Kazemi: The decision on the exchange rate of the dollar was taken by the Central Bank
Baghdad: Morning… Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi demanded, on Tuesday, to stay away from auctions in the issue of the dollar exchange rate, stressing that the decision was taken by the Central Bank according to a targeted vision and strategy, and we began to see the results on the growth of monetary reserves and on Iraq’s international credit rating.
Al-Kazemi said, during the regular session of the Council of Ministers: “Challenges continue in the country due to the nature of the situation, which requires the solidarity and cooperation of everyone to overcome them,” expressing his “aspiration to expedite the passage of the Federal Budget Law, and the paragraphs it contains that address the needs of the poorest classes, and support projects.
He called on all ministries to “work with all their efforts to support the Ministry of Trade in order to distribute the ration card items among citizens and not give some merchants an opportunity to exploit the citizens’ needs.”
He added that “the ministries must work diligently to support reform decisions according to the strategy prepared for them, and pressures must be faced with patience and work.”
On the other hand, a spokesman for the Prime Minister, Dr. Hassan Nazim, Minister of Culture and Antiquities, said that Al-Kazemi called on the Ministry of Trade to support the ration and that there are measures in the ministry to meet the ration now and at the beginning of the Ramadan month.