Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani received, yesterday evening, Sunday, Baghdad time, the Secretary-General of the Digital Cooperation Organization, Dima Al-Yahya, on the sidelines of his participation in New York in the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly in its seventy-ninth session.
At the beginning of the meeting, Al-Sudani expressed his thanks for Al-Yahya’s serious efforts and interest in Iraq’s accession to the organization, which represents a personal interest for His Excellency, with what the organization can provide in terms of expertise, skills, training, and codification of laws and rules for all digital businesses, most notably digital trade and how to activate and benefit from it.
The Prime Minister stated, according to the statement, that a higher committee for digital transformation in Iraq has been formed, headed by the Prime Minister, and the committee will develop a comprehensive strategy for digital business and artificial intelligence, in line with Iraq’s ambitions and international requirements in the field of digital transformation, extending an official invitation to Al-Yahya to visit Iraq.
For her part, Al-Yahya welcomed Iraq’s approval to join the Digital Cooperation Organization, as there are multiple work plans and programs that will soon see the light in Iraq after signing the organization’s charter, and she stressed: “Iraq will be one of the countries that benefit from the transfer of skills and training.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
