Minister Al Hussaini meets officials, finance ministers at WGS2023

  • Date: 16-Feb-2023
  • Source: Emirates News Agency
  • Sector:Financial Services
  • Country:UAE
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Minister Al Hussaini meets officials, finance ministers at WGS2023

DUBAI, 16th February, 2023 (WAM) -- Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, met with officials of global organisations and finance ministers of the world nations participated in the World Government Summit 2023 (WGS2023) in Dubai. He discussed with the officials the means to boos joint cooperation in various financial, economic and investment fields.

Al Hussaini met with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa, Minister of Finance and National Economy of Bahrain; Dr. Abdulrahman Al Hamidy, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund; Nadia Fettah, Morocco’s Minister of Economy and Finance; Philip Ozouf, the Minister for External Relations and Financial Services of The Bailiwick of Jersey; Ferid Belhaj, Vice President Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank; Dr. Mansour Al-Shamali, Executive Director for Arab States and the Maldives at the World Bank; Dr. Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, Chairman, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group; and Makhtar Diop, Managing Director and Executive Vice President, International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Al Hussaini noted that the UAE is keen to enhance international cooperation, and emphasised the significance of the WGS as a leading platform for discussing the prospects for global economic growth.

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