
BAGHDAD –
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers discussed with the World Bank the rehabilitation of residential areas in the liberated areas.
“Under the guidance of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the financing and promotion of the housing sector, the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers Mehdi Al-Aalak chaired a meeting attended by the Regional Director of the Middle East Bureau at the World Bank Saruj Kumar Jah and the Special Representative of the World Bank Mission in Iraq Yara Salem, to discuss further the issues discussed in the previous meetings on the issue of financing the housing sector in general in all governorates of Iraq and the rehabilitation of residential areas in the liberated areas in particular.
He stressed the need for coordination between the Iraqi institutions concerned and the World Bank to support the sector, and expand the number of areas covered rehabilitation of residential areas to include rural and urban areas to extend to all Iraqi provinces, pointing out the importance of taking into account the start of the areas most affected by terrorist acts.