Rashid: Security stability eases the Belgian companies getting into Iraqi markets, 22 JAN

 Rashid: Security stability eases the Belgian companies getting into Iraqi markets

INA - BAGHDAD

President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, confirmed on Tuesday that the security stability that Iraq is experiencing eases the entry of Belgian companies, calling on Brussels to raise the level of its representation in Baghdad to an embassy.

President Rashid received - at the Davos Conference Center - King Louis Philippe Leopold Marie, King of Belgium, on the sidelines of the Davos Forum activities in Switzerland, in the presence of Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein, according to a statement by the Presidency of the Republic - received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

During the meeting, they reviewed the areas of economic and commercial cooperation between the two countries and "the mechanisms for supporting them," as the President extended an official invitation to King Philippe to visit Iraq within the framework of strengthening relations between the two countries to include the main economic sectors and the transformation in the field of energy.

"The security stability that Iraq has enjoyed recently, which constitutes an opportunity to expand the horizons of constructive economic cooperation and facilitates the entry of Belgian companies into the Iraqi market and achieves sustainable development," included the statement.

Rashid called in King Philippe "to raise the level of diplomatic representation in Iraq by opening a Belgian embassy in Baghdad, considering it an important step towards deepening ties between the two peoples and countries, which will allow for increased cooperation in many areas."

"Coordination and consultation between the two countries is important on various issues on the regional and international arenas, in a way that serves common interests and contributes to enhancing global security and peace," he highlighted.

The statement concluded, "The President and the King discussed the issues and topics raised at the Davos Forum, and the need to reach a common vision on climate and environmental changes and come up with decisions that contribute to finding solutions to current economic, technological and environmental issues."