Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi received United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Abdullah Al-Dardari and his accompanying delegation.
According to the Prime Minister’s Media Office, the meeting covered several issues including project financing mechanisms, strengthening social protection programmes, establishing a development fund, and support for the return of displaced Yazidis, including the possibility of providing them with residential plots under the million housing plots project.
The meeting also discussed Iraq’s economic development priorities, with Ali al-Zaidi highlighting cooperation with United Nations programmes in economic and development fields. He said the government is preparing a national development plan extending to 2050, to be presented as legislation to the Council of Representatives.
The Prime Minister said a priority of the plan is completion of the million housing plots project across all provinces, based on population numbers and poverty rates to support fair distribution of services and development opportunities.
Abdullah Al-Dardari congratulated Ali al-Zaidi on the government receiving parliamentary confidence and confirmed the UNDP’s readiness to support Iraq’s efforts, particularly in the return of displaced Yazidis, government institution modernisation, and anti-corruption measures.
