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By Ayser Jabbar for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Experts in both the public and the private sectors expected Iraq to be an international free-trade area amid the increasing global variables in economics, trade and manufacturing. Administrative agent for the Transportation […]
On December 4 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Associate Administrator Mark Feierstein and Acting Assistant Administrator Alina Romanowski concluded a two-day visit to Iraq as part of a regional tour of USAID missions. In Baghdad, the Associate Administrator and Acting Assistant Administrator met with Prime Minister Maliki’s Chief of Staff, Dr. Hamid Ahmed, to […]
By John Lee. Turkey has offered to jointly build two more border crossings with Iraq, in addition to two new gates recently agreed upon, according to a report from Today's Zaman. The Turkish Customs and Trade Minister, Hayati Yazıcı (pictured), told the press in Ankara on Wednesday that the government favoured the construction of two […]
By John Lee. APA reports that Iraq is interested in importing agricultural products from Azerbaijan. At the first meeting of Azerbaijan-Iraq Intergovernmental Commission, a representative of Iraq’s Agriculture Ministry said there is a need for citrus fruits, fish, meat and other products in Iraq. A senior advisor at Azerbaijan's Agriculture Ministry offered to export fruit, vegetable, […]
By John Lee. The Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq, Mr Ghassan Al-Zawai, met with the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations, Minister Falah Mustafa yesterday to discuss ways of further developing ties with Kurdistan particularly as Kuwait plans to open its Consulate General in Erbil soon. After Kuwait’s decision to open its Consulate General […]
By John Lee. The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has said there is a need to intensify trade and economic relations with Turkey and Iraq. According to a report from BelTA, he said Iraq is showing an increasing interest in Belarus, receiving more and more cooperation proposals from Iraqi businessmen and politicians. Addressing Andrei Savinykh, […]
By John Lee. Transparency International has said that Iraq has fallen one place in its global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). From at total of 177 countries, Iraq came in at number 171, putting it in 7th-last position. This result puts it ahead of countries such as Libya, South Sudan, and Somalia (which came last), and […]
The Romanian Ambassador to Iraq, Mr Jacob Prada, met with Minister Falah Mustafa today to discuss ways to further develop ties with the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The meeting took place a day after the Romanian Consular Office hosted their first National Day celebration in Erbil. Also present in the meeting was the Assistant Head […]
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. For Power and Money: Kirkuk Extremist Groups’ Play Dirty Tricks on One Another Kirkuk security forces have recorded 21 incidents of extremist violence and around 30 deaths in the […]
By Mushreq Abbas for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will visit Tehran following the historic agreement that Tehran reached with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) over its nuclear program. […]
By John Lee. The British Consul General in Erbil, Hugh Evans, has told Rudaw that businesses should use Kurdistan as a gateway for the rest of Iraq. He added: "We realize there are political problems in the energy industry (with Baghdad threatening oil companies working in the south that they cannot work in Kurdistan too), […]
Ten members of the Iraq Britain Business Council's trade and education mission to Iraq met the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, at his residence North of Erbil on Wednesday (November 20th) The members, part of the biggest ever trade delegation to Baghdad and Erbil, were warmly welcomed by the President. The IBBC’s Executive […]
