The Arab Monetary Fund has organized the Permanent Council Meeting of the Council of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Authorities Governors in Abu Dhabi as part of preparations for the Council's 50th Session on 29 September 2026. The meeting is focused on priorities for Arab monetary and financial cooperation, with discussions set to cover financial stability and macroprudential policy, the role of monetary policy in enhancing export competitiveness, progress on the Comprehensive Instant Payment Initiative, the restructuring of Buna's governance framework, and a proposal to establish an Artificial Intelligence Working Group. Participants will also review progress in preparing the Arab Financial Stability Report and the Joint Arab Economic Report, alongside the report of the Council Secretariat. The meeting is chaired by Amina Mirghani Hassan, governor of the Central Bank of Sudan and chair of the current session of the Council, and includes members of the Permanent Council, the League of Arab States' assistant secretary-general for economic affairs, and the Arab Monetary Fund's director general chairman of the board.

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