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Iraq president Jalal Talabani opens Kurdistan
business fair
6.9.2007
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September
6, 2007
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan region (Iraq), --
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani opened Wednesday a
business fair in Sulaimaniyah in Kurdistan
Autonomous Region.
Talabani said at the opening that the annual event
played an important role in stimulating
reconstruction projects in the northern Kurdish
provinces. But he also said the fair was a symbol of
Iraq's national unity.
The economy of the relatively stable Kurdistan
Autonomous Region is booming, in stark contrast to
other areas of Iraq where investors are scared away
by deadly sectarian violence.
Iraq's Kurds have ruled themselves under the
protection of the United States since the end of the
Gulf war in 1991.
Talabani, himself a Kurd, called for the
establishment of a free trade zone in Sulaimaniyah. |
Iraqi President : Jalal Talabani, a Kurd |
Over 276 Iraqi and international firms are taking
part in the fair, offering a range of products and
services from cars to telecommunications.
Many firms come from Turkey and Iran, Iraq's big
neighbours.
DPA
Since 1991, the Kurds of Iraq achieved self-rule in
part of the country. Today's teenagers are the first
generation to grow up under Kurdish rule. In the new
Iraqi Constitution, it is referred to as Kurdistan
region.
Kurdistan region has all the trappings of an independent state -- its own
constitution, its own parliament, its own flag, its
own army, its own border, its own border patrol, its
own national anthem, its own education system, its
own International airports, even its own stamp inked
into the passports of visitors.
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