Encourages investment in Iraq.. The Sudanese advisor explains the importance of sovereign guarantees

Mawazine News – Baghdad
The financial advisor to the Prime Minister, Mazhar Muhammad Saleh, explained today, Sunday, that the sovereign guarantees relate to covering the issue of default by sectoral entities, stressing that these guarantees are one of the factors of stability and encouraging the business and investment environment in Iraq in a sustainable manner.
Saleh said, in a statement followed by Mawazine News, that “the sovereign guarantees granted by the state to the various contracting parties express the government’s guarantee that the obligation between the contracting parties will be fulfilled in the event that the primary debtor fails to pay.”
He added that “sovereign guarantees are related to covering the issue of default on the part of sectoral entities, specifically government entities benefiting from the processing, contracting and construction work of investment projects with a strategic dimension. Sovereign guarantees can also cover all types of obligations and pledges in extensive detail,” pointing out that “sovereign guarantees before… Granted in the General Budget Law, it is considered an integral part of financing by borrowing, and one of the components of public debt, and in accordance with the international standard in describing government debt and the method of calculating it.”
He pointed out, “The granting of sovereign guarantees is carried out with great precision by the executive authority and in accordance with the strategic importance of guaranteeing major development projects and encouraging major companies and the business sector to work in our country.”
He continued, “Therefore, the sovereign guarantees granted by the state to the entities that prepare or implement projects constitute one of the factors for stabilizing and encouraging the business environment in Iraq in a sustainable manner, and removing obstacles and risks that impede development and economic progress, according to the strategic priority that requires granting sovereign guarantees or guarantees.”
Prime Minister, Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, confirmed earlier, during his meetings in New York, that the government will provide sovereign guarantees in the budget law to establish industrial and agricultural projects in Iraq.

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