H.H. Sheikh Maktoum chairs general budget committee meeting

The UAE’s General Budget Committee met on Tuesday to discuss the draft of the 2023 federal budget.

His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, and the UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, chaired the meeting.

The Committee discussed several topics, including federal cash flow for financial years 2022-2023, in light of the actual expenditures and revenues during the current financial year and the expected revenues.

It directed the Ministry of Finance to proceed with drafting the 2023 federal budget before presenting it to the UAE Cabinet for approval.

The Committee also reviewed and issued the necessary directives regarding federal entities’ requests for additional funding for 2022.

The meeting was attended by H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court; H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Mohamed Hadi Al Hussaini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs; and Khaled Mohamed Balama, Governor of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE); in addition to representatives of the Ministry of Finance.

.@MaktoumMohammed, in presence of @HHMansoor & @ABZayed, chairs the seventh meeting of #UAE’s Federal General Budget Committee. pic.twitter.com/8G4X263bXz

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) September 13, 2022