Halbousi assures US Assistant Secretary of State of the importance of opening investment to international and local companies and activating the private sector
Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press: Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed al-Halbousi discussed with US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker on Wednesday bilateral relations and economic and security cooperation.
According to a statement issued by the Office of the Speaker of the Parliament received a copy of “tomorrow,” Halbousi “stressed the importance of opening investment to international companies and local and activate the private sector, to provide jobs for young people, reduce unemployment, and work to combat corruption.
“The statement added that the two sides “discussed the political developments in the country, the file of demonstrations, the most prominent demands of demonstrators and ways to address them, as well as discussing the package of decisions and reforms issued by the House of Representatives and the ministers to meet their demands, and emphasize the importance of peaceful demonstrations, the protection of demonstrators, freedom of expression and non-aggression.
On demonstrators and security forces, preventing engineers from making a gap between them. “The statement also pointed out that Halbousi and Shankar “discussed the latest international and regional developments, and their impact on Iraq and the region, and cooperation to achieve stability.
“For his part, asserted US Assistant Secretary of State “cooperation with Iraq in the war against terrorism, and the pursuit of terrorist cells of ISIS, and support the Iraqi government in the file of reforms.”