KUWAIT, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait said Monday it has started contacting the World Bank and other countries to prepare for hosting a donors' conference next year on rebuilding Iraq.
The donors' conference is expected to be held in first quarter of 2018, Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said at a reception held by the Iraqi Embassy to celebrate the liberation of Mosul from the terror group Islamic State (IS).
"Kuwait has always stood by Iraq via the international coalition (fighting IS) and bilaterally," Al-Jarallah was quoted by the official news agency KUNA as saying.
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah told Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi during a phone call on July 11 that Kuwait was ready to host an international conference on rebuilding the liberated areas in Iraq.
The World Bank had also said it would support the long-term reconstruction of the liberated areas in Iraq.
World Bank Regional Director Saroj Kumar said the bank would support Iraq's economic reform plans, and the reconstruction and development of Iraqi cities, the KUNA report said.
