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Lord Clement-Jones leads British trade
delegation to Kurdistan
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November 19, 2006
Erbil, Kurdistan Region (Iraq), -- Lord Tim
Clement-Jones, the British peer who led a British
trade delegation to the Kurdistan Region in Iraq
last week, described the Region as full of potential
for investment.
The member of the House of Lords led a delegation
made up of members of the Middle East Association (MEA),
including Michael Hodges of HSBC bank and Chris
Holden of Price Waterhouse Coopers. |
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Lord Clement-Jones said, “We met several senior
ministers as well as many people engaged in the
private sector in Kurdistan, which helped us gain a
strong understanding of the business climate and
investment opportunities in Kurdistan Region.
We satisfied ourselves that the security situation
in Kurdistan is conducive to doing business there.
We also met Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, a very
effective leader who with President Massoud Barzani
has a real vision for the future of Kurdistan.”
Two years ago he visited Kurdistan and promised
Prime Minister Barzani that he would return with a
trade delegation.
The delegation, whose trip was organised by the
Kurdistan Development Corporation and hosted by the
KRG Office of Foreign Relations, met various cabinet
ministers and senior government advisers, who gave
them an overview of the political, security,
economic and financial situation in Kurdistan.
The Kurdistan UK Friendship Association, which this
month opened its office in Erbil, hosted a reception
for members of the delegation on their first night
and invited them to join the association.
Michael Thomas, Director General of the MEA, said,
"Our visit was very successful and we received a
very warm welcome from the friendship association,
the business community and the government. Our
report to the members of the MEA will give them a
real insight into the Kurdistan Region.
We were delighted to meet members of the Erbil
Chamber of Commerce, and we’d like to return to
Kurdistan with a delegation of medium-size
businesses to develop contacts with the Chamber and
Kurdistan’s businessmen.”
Also in the delegation were Lord Anthony St John,
Philip Stephenson of Davis Turner freight logistics,
John Irish of the Middle East Economic Digest, John
Vergopoulos of Raphael Group infrastructure project
management, Philip Dew who has a business
development consultancy, and Nick Hills of Two
Rivers legal practice.
They were accompanied by Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman,
KRG Representative to the UK and chairman of the
Kurdistan Development Corporation.
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