AL-KAZEMI ASSURES OF PROVIDING ENVIRONMENT FOR COMPANIES TO INVEST IN IRAQ
Baghdad / National News Center… Today, Friday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi affirmed to French President Emmanuel Macron that the appropriate environment is provided for the work of French companies and investment in Iraq, while the latter renewed France’s readiness to provide various aspects of support that the Iraqi government needs in preparing for early elections.
The media office of the Prime Minister said, in a statement received by the “National News Center”, that “Al-Kazemi received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron, during which they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and aspects of joint cooperation between Baghdad and Paris.”
During the call, Al-Kazemi stressed, according to the statement, “Iraq’s close historical relationship with France, and its positive attitudes towards regional issues,” praising “France’s role and support for Iraq in the war against ISIS terrorist gangs.”
And he indicated the importance of “developing bilateral cooperation between Iraq and France in various fields, especially economic and cultural, as well as providing the appropriate environment for the work of French companies and investment in Iraq.”
For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his “support for the Iraqi government, and Iraq’s democratic experience in light of the challenges it faces,” stressing France’s readiness to “provide the various aspects of support that the Iraqi government needs in preparing for early elections, and its support for the UN resolution to send observers to support the work of the Electoral Commission.” “.
President Macron commended Iraq’s “regional role in converging views,” expressing “his optimism that Iraq’s growing role in this field will have a sustainable impact in achieving stability, whose effects will be positively reflected on all parties.”
The two sides agreed, according to the statement, to “continue communication between them, in order to coordinate positions towards regional and international challenges and crises, in a manner that serves the endeavors to resolve conflicts and bring views closer.”