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Iran-Iraq-Kurds
Sanandaj, Kurdistan Prov, March 2, (IRNA),
An Iraqi official said here Wednesday evening that
there have been great changes in Kurdistan province
since the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in
Iran.
Abdullah Haji Saeed, Iraqi presidential economic
advisor for Kurdish affairs, added that Iraqi
President Jalal Talabani had in mind using Iran's
Kurdistan province as a model for developing Iraqi
Kurdistan.
During a meeting with Kurdistan Governor-General
Ismail Najjar, he recalled that the Islamic Republic
of Iran was the only safe haven for the Iraqi people
during the bloody rule of the Baathist regime.
President Talabani is a close friend of the Islamic
Republic of Iran and has always stressed expansion
of economic ties with neighboring Iran, he added.
The current security situation in Iraqi Kurdistan
gives Baghdad a compelling reason to work for
development of the region into a vibrant economic
center of the country, he said, adding that his
country desperately needs the technical knowhow
available in Iran's Kurdistan.
The Iraqi official, heading a trade delegation, is
currently in Iran to attend the International
Persian Gulf Exhibition.
During meetings with Iranian economic officials,
several agreements amounting to USD 1 billion in
Iranian private sector investment in Iraq were inked
by the two sides.
Currently, 340 foreign companies including 100
Iranian ones, have invested in development projects
in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Iraqi official informed.
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