The Managing Director of IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, disclosed on Wednesday, to a Saudi investor forum that the ongoing Israel-Hamas war is adversely affecting the Middle East regionally economies.
“You look at the neighbouring countries -Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan – where the channels of impact are already visible,” Georgieva said at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas staged a shock attack on Israel on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people and taking 222 hostages, according to Israeli authorities.
Israel has responded with withering air strikes and a near-total land, sea and air blockade of Gaza, where the Hamas-run health ministry says 5,791 people have been killed in the war so far.
Speaking a day after Wall Street titans, Georgieva warned that the war could deal a heavy blow to the global economy, especially if it draws in other countries.
“You have tourism-dependent countries — uncertainty is a killer for tourist inflows.
“Investors are going to be shy to go to that place. Cost of insurance — if you want to move goods, they go up. Risks of even more refugees in countries that are already accepting more,” she said, describing the potential economic cost for countries in the region before ticking specific risks.
The annual FII event, dubbed “Davos in the Desert”, has typically served as a chance for Saudi Arabia to highlight domestic economic reforms whose success Saudi officials say hinges on regional stability.
AFP
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