Removing the name of the Republic of Iraq from the European Commission list of high-risk countries

As a result of the great efforts  exerted by the Iraqi authorities to answer the questions and inquiries of the Committee on the inclusion of countries in the above list, and the desire of the European Union Commission, the Committee on the List of High-Risk Countries, to hold a meeting, which was held as planned in Brussels / Belgium on 10/13/2021, where there were clear positive repercussions for this topic It was tangible by the Iraqi delegation during the meeting, where all the topics that were the subject of questions from the members of this committee were discussed .Also Iraq provided relevant clarifications and demonstrated in documents the extent to which the Republic of Iraq complied with the application of the international requirements issued by the International Financial Action Task Force (FATF) concerned with combating money laundering and terrorist financing, and the measures taken by government agencies (judicial authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Bank of Iraq, the Office of Anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, law enforcement agencies, and other supervisory authorities), especially since Iraq has taken great steps towards keeping pace with the developed world in the matter of controlling the movement of money and currency exchange, and experts and residents welcomed the development shown by the Iraqi authorities. As a result of the meeting mentioned above, the Committee on Inclusion of Countries in the List of High-Risk Countries at the European Commission will submit a report to the Parliamentary Committee in the European Union for the purpose of removing Iraq from the list of high-risk countries.