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July
27, 2010 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
Egyptian investors discuss
cooperation with Kurdistan officials
Erbil: Egyptian officials and investors on Monday
started meetings with officials in the Iraqi
Kurdistan region to discuss investment opportunities
in northern Iraq and means to benefit from the
Egyptian expertise to develop the region. “The
Egyptian delegation’s visit came after two Egyptian
consulates were inaugurated in Erbil and Basra to
expand cooperation, in addition to our interest to
have presence in the Iraqi Kurdistan region,”
Egyptian Assistant Minister Ibrahim al-Ashmawi said
in statements during a meeting held by the Egyptian
delegation with a number of officials in the region
on Monday. The Egyptian 50-businessman delegation
represents major companies in the fields of
construction, tourism, infrastructure, health,
pharmaceuticals, food industries and trade. “The
Egyptian delegation will meet later with the Iraqi
Kurdistan region’s President Massoud Barazani and
Prime Minister Burham Salih to discuss investment
opportunities in the region,” Ashmawi added. For his
part, Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister Muhammad
Qassem told Aswat al-Iraq that the visit was paid
because the Egyptians consider Kurdistan as a
promising chance for a strong and effective Egyptian
presence. aswataliraq info
No official invitation from
Barzani to Iraqi winning blocs
Erbil: The presidency of Kurdistan Region did not
officially call the winning Iraqi political parties
to hold their meetings in the Region. "Some Iraqi
and Arab press channels reported that the president
of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani called the winning
Iraqi political parties to hold a meeting to discuss
the current political situation and the new
government formation of Iraq in the Region's
capital, Erbil," said the presidecy's spokesman.
"Such kind of published news is baseless, as the
regional president did not call the Iraqi winning
blocs to hold a meeting," he noted. Barzani is ready
to meet all the Iraqi political leaders around the
negotiation table to find a suitable solution to end
political feuds and encourage them to form the new
government in Iraq. The president has called Muqtada
al-Sadr, the head of Sadrist Current to pay a visit
to Kurdistan to hold a meeting in Erbil.President
Barzani will be pleased to invite all the Iraqi
political leaders to meet, only if he realizes that
such kind of meeting will serve the political
platform in Iraq. aknews com
Asayish free hostage child,
arrest kidnappers in Erbil
Erbil: The Kurdish security forces Asayish freed a
child two days after he was kidnapped and arrested
two of his kidnappers, according to a security press
release on Sunday. “Two persons, an Arab and a Kurd,
had kidnapped, Ahmed Samad Sallam, an eight-year-old
child resident of Hafalan neighborhood, central
Erbil, on Friday (July 23), and asked for a ransom
of $200,000 (roughly 236 million Iraqi dinars),”
read the Asayish department release as received by
Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The asayesh forces
watched the kidnappers closely in Erbil and Mosul
and managed to spot their whereabouts in Erbil and
free Ahmed and arrest two persons on charges of
kidnapping him,” it added. aswataliraq info
Egypt to open a consulate
in Erbil soon
Erbil: Egypt’s assistant foreign minister says he is
in Erbil to identify a location for his country’s
consulate in the Kurdistan Region. Speaking to
AKnews, Mohammed Qassim, said, “We may rent a
building temporarily for the time being and will
build Egypt’s consulate” soon. “We are closely
following the investment scene in Kurdistan and want
to translate our words (in terms of investment) into
action.” Meanwhile, Ibrahim Ashmawi, Egypt’s
assistant investment minister, and the head of a
50-member business delegation that is in Kurdistan
now, said his delegation will meet with Kurdistan
Region’s President Massoud Barzani and Kurdistan
Regional Government’s Prime Minister Barham Salih
Tuesday. The delegation’s visit will last two days.
“We want to open a special Egyptian investment
office in Erbil,” Ashmawi told AKnews. “We have
reached an agreement with Iraqi central government’s
authorities and have told them that we need to have
a special investment office in Kurdistan to
facilitate economic activities and investment here.”
Egypt’s ambassador to Iraq, Sharif Shahin, said that
his country will soon announce the name of Egypt’s
consul in Erbil. “We think this is a very important
visit and will be a turning point in promoting
economic development between the two countries,”
Shahin said. A large Egyptian business delegation
arrived in Kurdish capital, Erbil, late Sunday, to
explore business opportunities in Kurdistan. aknews
com
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