Al-Sudani: Investment opportunities exceeded $100 billion and industrial cities were established in Baghdad, 22 OCT

 Al-Sudani: Investment opportunities exceeded $100 billion and industrial cities were established in Baghdad

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani held a meeting today, Monday, with the Chairman of the Egyptian Al-Suwaidi Group of Companies, Ahmed Al-Suwaidi, and a group of directors of Egyptian industrial and commercial companies, in the presence of a number of advisors to the Prime Minister.

 During the meeting, Al-Sudani pointed out the expansion of economic cooperation between Iraq and Egypt, especially in partnerships with the Egyptian private sector, stressing that the investment opportunities offered in Iraq, which were received from Arab and foreign companies, exceeded 100 billion dollars, and they reveal the breadth of economic growth at all levels and fields.

The Prime Minister discussed with the Egyptian delegation the study of the economic and financial model of the group in work, and cooperation in the sectors of industry, education, energy, and infrastructure. It also included discussing investment opportunities and partnership in the sector of maximizing petroleum resources, localizing the electrical transformer industry, smart meters that are linked to the electrical grid, and the carbon iron and steel industry.

It was agreed to study the establishment of industrial cities in Baghdad, as the group presented a map of projects that will be studied by the Advisory Board and sectoral bodies.   link