PM: We Want Baghdad Int'l Fair to be a Forum for Understanding and a Meeting Platform Where Opportunities, Understandings and Offers Come Together
Baghdad / NINA / -Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said "Today we Inaugurate the 48th session of the Baghdad International Fair to be a hopeful and promising addition to productive partnerships and stronger cooperation that enhances facing challenges and draws a map of prosperity and confident economic growth.
The Prime Minister added in a speech during the inauguration of the Baghdad International Fair "I welcome the representatives of one thousand two hundred and fifty companies participating in this year's session, which carries messages of communication and constructive partnership plans from 22 Brotherly and friendly countries, noting that this year's session is being held while Iraq is witnessing a continuous and active movement in every sector and detail of the economy, industry, agriculture, infrastructure, services and energy.
The Prime Minister stressed "We have stressed since the start of the government's work that the real criterion for success is the citizen's satisfaction and positive interaction with what the executive service apparatus provides, along with the deep-rooted and far-reaching economic reform.
The Prime Minister explained "We want the Baghdad International Fair to be a forum for understanding and a meeting platform where opportunities, understandings and offers gather and where companies study the available windows of contribution to the development movement in Iraq.
Al-Sudani stressed that Iraq is heading towards the widest urban movement in the field of housing.
The Prime Minister said in a speech during the inauguration of the Baghdad International Fair: We have a promising and accelerating health sector that we have proceeded with by completing dozens of stalled hospital projects, in addition to adopting the method of joint management and operation and activating health insurance.
Al-Sudani added, "The strategic development Road that extends from the port of Faw to the northern border and Turkey to connect with trade routes is the most effective and cheapest to manage and operate, linking Asia and Europe via Iraq and the Middle East."
Al-Sudani explained that foreign investments coming to Iraq exceeded 60 billion dinars.
The Prime Minister said: All of this comes in addition to building relations, understandings and agreements with international partners and major global financial institutions.
For his part, Minister of Trade Athir Al-Ghariri confirmed today, Saturday, that the government has achieved self-sufficiency in wheat and adopted strategic projects, while indicating that the ministry has facilitated procedures for local and foreign investors.
Al-Ghariri said in a speech during the opening of the 48th session of the Baghdad International Fair: "The government has achieved self-sufficiency in wheat."
He added, "We have facilitated procedures for local and foreign investors," indicating that "the government has adopted strategic projects." / End
