CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Iraq meets governor of Basra

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The governor of Basra, Majid al-Nasrawi, met in Basra on Wednesday with the ‎Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Iraq, Gavin Wishart, to discuss the possibility of mutual economic cooperation.

A statement by Nasrawi’s office received by IraqiNews.com cited “The meeting discussed means of sustaining economic development between the local government and the international banks since Basra is expecting huge strategic projects and these projects require sober international banks to provide financial support.”

“Basra is expected to have a great economic growth which forces the local government to build a compatible banking system since Basra is qualified to be the economic capital of Iraq,” according to Nasrawi.