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Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki received a Kuwaiti media delegation at his office on Wednesday.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister emphasized that resolving the problems between Iraqi Airways with Kuwait is a positive gesture which could lead to greater cooperation and improved relations between the countries.
The Prime Minister said Iraq continues to work to resolve all the problems with neighbouring countries left by the former regime.
.reportBy John Lee.
Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met his Ukrainian counterpart Konstantin Krishenko and his accompanying delegation in recent days.
The two sides held talks on strengthening bilateral relations and ways of developing them, which coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of relations between Iraq and Ukraine.
They signed a joint statement on the development of relations between the two countries, in addition to the signing of a memorandum of understanding for cooperation between the two countries’ Institutes of Foreign Service, and agreed to exchange visits between the two countries.
In conclusion, the two sides held a press conference where Minister Zebari praised the role of Ukraine in contributing in various fields in building the new Iraq.
The Ukranian Minister met with Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and the ministers of oil and municipalities and Industry and Chairman of the National Investment Commission.
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
.reportThe Kurdistan Region President and Prime Minister last week met with France’s Ambassador to Iraq, Mr Gauer Denys, and a French business delegation representing major French companies and business associations.
In his meeting with the delegation, President Masoud Barzani said that the Kurdistan Region is eager to enhance economic relations with French companies and thanked the French government for its role in encouraging companies to invest in Kurdistan.
Speaking on behalf of the mission, Mr Courtaigne said that several major French companies have already established their presence in Kurdistan and more are planning to come, citing good security, a conducive business environment, and close cooperation by the Kurdistan Regional Government as the main reasons for their interest.
In their meeting with Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Ambassador Denys said that the French companies came to Kurdistan to evaluate what is needed and to find out how to participate successfully in rebuilding and investing here. He added that the French people want to play an important role in building and developing the Kurdistan Region.
Representatives of 23 companies participated in the visit, including the Chairman of the France-Iraq Business Council Mr Yves-Louis Darricarrere, the CEO of the French Union of Employers (MEDEF) Mr Thierry Courtaigne, and representatives of Total, Lafarge, EADS France, Gaz de France, Bureau Veritas and Bouygues Travaux Publics. MEDEF represents 800,000 companies across every sector in France.
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.reportBy John Lee.
Iran’s Vice President for International Affairs, Ali Saeedlou, led a high level political and economic delegation representing about one hundred Iranian companies to the Kurdistan Region to participate in a high profile business conference today.
The Iranian
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