Iraqi government delegation meets with US officials in Washington

Baghdad-INA  
Minister of Planning Khaled Battal Al-Najm, who is visiting the United States of America at the head of a government delegation, which included Minister of Immigration and Displacement Evan Faeq Jabro and a number of officials from the Ministries of Planning and Immigration and Displacement - held a series of meetings and discussions with US officials and government agencies. During those meetings, Battal discussed prospects for joint cooperation. Between the two countries, in development, economic and investment fields, and ways to develop them.
 Al-Battal met, within the framework of the visit, a number of officials of Foreign Ministry Affairs and the Ministry of National Security and Immigration, as well as officials of the American Institute of Peace and Steve Lotts, head of the Iraqi-American Business Council, Within the American Chamber of Commerce and a group of representatives of development agencies.
As well as Minister of Planning met with World Bank officials to discuss the work of the Social Fund for Development, the Reconstruction and Recovery Fund, and issues of common interest. On a related level, Battal met, at the Iraqi embassy in Washington, a number of members of the US Congress. This visit comes to clarify investment opportunities in Iraq and to encourage American companies and businessmen to invest in various sectors and to discuss cooperation with the Bank, the International Monetary Fund and other parties. The Minister of Planning arrived in Washington last Saturday on an official visit that lasts for several days, during which he conducted and will hold a series of official meetings with officials and authorities related to the work of the Planning Ministry.