The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Shaya Zindani met today, Friday, in Baghdad, with the Special Envoy of the Russian President for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
The gross domestic product (GDP) in the Eurozone and the European Union (EU) registered a growth of 0.3 percent during the first quarter of the current year compared to the previous quarter.
Plenary meeting organized Sunday in Aden by Ministry of Finance aimed to draw consultations about draft proposal of 2018 state budget in the government held provinces. Ministries of Planning and International Cooperation and Civil Service contributed to the discussions.
"This gathering aimed to work out an overall draft of the state general budget of 2018 in the liberated provinces", said Minister of Higher Education Dr Hussein Ba-Salamah, who contributed to the debates.
Deputy Minister of Finance Dr Mansour al-Bitani suggested that consultations aimed to help outlining major parameters through exploring the process of mobilizing resources related revenues and cutting down unnecessary expenditures.
Three committees were set up to work on analyzing data related to revenues, discussing current expenses and investment expenditures and reconstruction.