News
09 May 2018

Iraq requests EBRD bank membership and support

Region:
Middle East & Africa

Iraq has made a formal request to become a member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. If the country is successful in its bid, it would take the number of countries the EBRD now operates in to over 30. The application will be discussed when the 66 governments that currently act as the bank's shareholders meet in Jordan.

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