Maliki: Investment with U.S. ~ Trade exchange between the two countries amounts to about $15 billion annually ...

17/12/2011

Twentieth American company expressed interest in investing in Iraq

Maliki: the second phase of our relationship with the U.S. side of a civil nature

BAGHDAD - Al Sabah Al »Sabah» More than 20 companies known U.S. expressed interest in investing in Iraq during the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to the United States last week. and announced that the Iraqi embassy in Washington on Wednesday the past, that the volume of trade exchange between the two countries amounts to about $15 billion annually.

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The source said in a telephone interview with »Sabah» Wednesday: The «car companies and electrical equipment, heavy equipment and companies for the production of energy is currently studying to enter the Iraqi market». Al-Maliki said after the his talks with U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday that bilateral relations will not end with the withdrawal of U.S. forces, while Obama noted that his country would be close to and support for Iraq after the withdrawal.

Maliki said in a speech he delivered at the American Chamber of Commerce: The «Our partnership with the United States during the period the last would be supportive of future partnership , stressing that Iraq is on the threshold of new relations will not be invalidated, the military and the generals, but will be entrepreneurs and companies.

He renewed support for the Iraqi government to make a lot of privileges and encouraging decisions to enter the Iraqi market by conducting the necessary amendments to the legislation and laws related to investment .

The Prime Minister returned to Baghdad on Tuesday evening, concluding his third visit to the United States. He said al-Maliki before leaving Washington, We look forward to strengthening bilateral relations with the United States through the strategic framework agreement.

He said during his meeting with a group of Iraqi community located in the United States «on the Iraqi community to be represented by us in maintaining the relationship will be with the United States, considering that the next stage will be different from the previous, indicating that the relationship in the past was mostly of a military character and security, now and after the close of U.S. forces to complete its withdrawal from Iraq , although some doubt, we find that the second phase of the strategic framework agreement will be implemented soon after the completion of the withdrawal end of this month.

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