Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari held a meeting with the UK Ambassador to Iraq, Simon Collis, at his office on August 28th. During the meeting, the two officials discussed Iraqi - British relations, the political situation in the region, and the developments of the Syrian crisis and the ongoing international reaction to it. The Minister reviewed […]
Today Minister Falah Mustafa received a delegation from Department for International Development (DFID) to establish a mechanism for their support towards the Syrian refugees in Kurdistan Region. DFID currently has working teams in Jordan, Lebanon and in London to provide humanitarian assistance. They also provided assistance to the Kurdish people in 1991 following the creation […]
By Robin Simcox, Research Fellow for Strategic Analysis, part of the Henry Jackson Society. On Sunday 14 July, over fifty people were killed in a series of terrorist attacks in Iraq. The most deadly attacks took place in Basra, where three roadside bombs killed twenty eight. A series of attacks – particularly via car bombs […]
On 13th July the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) held its annual conference at Cumberland Lodge near London. The conference was attended by many British businessmen, heads of British companies and some Iraqi businessmen specialized in the fields of energy, infrastructure, health services. The Council, which was founded about four years ago, is managed by Baroness […]
The UK's Middle East Association (MEA), in partnership with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), will be leading a trade delegation to Iraqi Kurdistan this September (22nd-27th) to coincide with the ninth Erbil International Trade Fair, Iraq’s largest general trade exhibition. Mission participants will have the opportunity to exhibit at […]
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) Executive Chairman, Baroness Nicholson has announced the biggest ever trade mission to Iraq. In a push to boost UK business in Iraq UKTI and the IBBC will take 100 UK companies to Baghdad, Basrah and Erbil in mid-June. The mission will be led by David Willetts, Minister of Universities […]
The Executive Chairman of the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC), Baroness Nicholson (pictured), has announced the biggest ever British trade mission to Iraq. In a massive push to boost UK business in Iraq the IBBC will take a 100 companies to Baghdad, Basrah and Erbil in mid-June. A senior UK government minister will co-lead the […]
British Consul General Mr. Hugh Evans with the Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament in a ceremony handed participation certificates to 32 MPs and 4 Parliament Advisors. The certificates were for a training course on media relations covering areas such as ‘how to speak to the press’ and ‘how to do effective public speaking’. The speaker Dr. […]
By John Lee. Shares in the Anglo-Turkish oil and gas company Genel Energy closed up 6.4 percent on Wednesday after it announced that the first of five exploration wells it plans to drill this year in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has made a significant oil discovery. The company said the Chia Surkh 10 well […]
University of Manchester archaeologists have started the excavation of an enormous building complex in Iraq, thought to be around 4,000 years old. The team, directed by Professor Stuart Campbell and Dr Jane Moon, both from Manchester, and independent archaeologist Robert Killick, first spotted the amazing structure – thought to be an administrative complex serving one […]
Global Trader reports that British business activity in Iraq is increasing on a monthly basis with process engineering and technology group DPS Global being the latest firm to reveal details of a major new project. The company has started work on the expansion of the Khurmala Dome Field Development (pictured), the northernmost dome of the […]
The Iraq Britain Business Council has boosted its operations in Iraq by opening a new office in Erbil. The IBBC’s new office is inside UB Holding at UB Plaza in Erbil’s Gulan Street. In the coming weeks an office manager will be hired. VIP guests included KRG Trade and Industry Minister Sinan Çelebi, British Consul […]
