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KRG Poland representative promotes Kurdistan at
Krynica Economic Forum
13.9.2007
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September
13, 2007
Krynica, Poland, -- Ziyad Raoof, the
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representative
to Poland, last week participated in the 17th annual
Krynica Economic Forum, the biggest political forum
in Central and Eastern Europe and known as the Davos
of the East.
Mr Raoof told decision-makers at the forum, “The
Kurdistan Region is secure and stable, it is the
side of Iraq that is rarely seen in the media. It is
an emerging democracy with a parliamentary political
system.
The KRG wants to cooperate and have good relations
with many countries and with the European Union, as
determined in the Iraqi Constitution.”
The KRG Representative also told companies that the
Kurdistan is open for business in many sectors,
especially since the Region’s parliament passed a
very foreign investor-friendly investment law last
year. |
Ziyad Raoof, Kurdistan Government's Representative
to Poland |
The theme of this year’s
meeting was “Europe - Crisis, Changes or Chances?”.
The main issues discussed were energy resources and
security in Central and Eastern Europe, investments
and European financial integration. Some of the
discussions have also focused on economic relations
between the EU and Russia.
Mr Raoof was invited by Mr Zygmunt Berdychowski, the
Chairman of the Economic Forum Programme Council.
The forum hosted more than 1,800 guests from over 60
countries. Several EU Commissioners, including
Günter Verheugen, Danuta Hubner and Dalia
Grybauskaite attended, as well as Zyta Gilowska,
Poland’s finance minister, Aleksander Kwasniewski,
former President of Poland and Vaclav Havel, former
President of the Czech Republic.
This was the third successive year that the KRG took
part in the forum. Mr Raoof has been asked by the
organisers to host a panel discussion at next year’s
event.
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