Finance minister discusses reform with int. organizations

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi minister of finance on Thursday discussed means of boosting the financial administration reform project with officials from international organizations and ambassadors of donor countries. “This morning, the Ministry of Finance held a comprehensive meeting chaired by Minister Baqir Jabr al-Zubeidi and attended by representatives of the World Bank, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the U.S. Treasury, the European Union (EU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), as well as the embassies of the United States, Britain, Australia, and Denmark,” according to a ministerial statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. During the meeting, the minister highlighted the significance of the project at a time where he said his ministry is seeing remarkable developments in all fields. SS (P)/SR 1