New cooperation areas opened by Al-Kadhimi's European tour

Baghdad - INA 

Iraq is distinguished by advanced regional and international relations and its geographical location made it a meeting point and a source of attraction for international investment companies, reinforced by continuous government moves to mobilize greater support in all fields, especially economic ones.

The features of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi recent visit to the European Union capital, Brussels, and the subsequent current visit to Rome is seen as drawing a relationship with new mechanisms that encourage the entry of investment companies with international guarantees and capable Iraqi protection.

During Al-Kadhmi’s meetings with European Union officials and permanent representatives of NATO countries in the Belgian capital, the Prime Minister focused on the factor of rebuilding military institutions and strengthening the capabilities of the armed forces and security services in the face of terrorism and their ability to face challenges, and the price of the role played by NATO, in providing support Iraq's efforts to defeat the terrorist organization ISIS.

He also referred to "the aspiration for NATO countries to continue training, qualifying and equipping the armed forces, and encouraging the international community to enhance investment opportunities in Iraq in a manner that ensures sustainable development that contributes to supporting economic reform."

He explained that "Iraq's security and stability is affected by the security of the region, and the security of the region can only be achieved by adhering to international resolutions that call on all parties to the conflict to abide by international legitimacy, respect human rights, and not interfere in the internal affairs of countries."


 PM's advisor: Al-Kadhimi's visit preceded the start of implementing the executive program of the reform plan 

Adviser to the Prime Minister, Alaa Abdul Hussein, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's visit to the capital of the European Union is one of the important visits during this time in this critical circumstance that Iraq is going through."

He adds that "the visit will reflect a number of aspects, including the political dimension, as the Al-Kadhimi government was able to develop Iraq's foreign relations with various countries in a good way," noting that "the visit is a translation of these relations with the European Union."

He explains that "Iraq is about to start implementing the executive program of the economic reform plan in accordance with the White Paper, as the European Union countries are among the most important supporters of Iraq in terms of providing European expertise and competencies and implementing reform programs in addition to support in all aspects, so this visit acquires great importance on both sides." political and economic."


A new position for international forces in Iraq

While the head of the Iraqi Political Thinking Center, Ihsan Al-Shammari, confirms to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Al-Kadhimi's visit to Brussels and his European tour comes in two frameworks. The rest are under the umbrella of NATO," noting that "Iraq is facing a new repositioning of the international forces that are present in terms of transferring tasks from the international coalition to NATO."

He adds that "the second track in the importance of the visit is to have greater interaction in several tracks, the most important of which is the economic one, especially since Iraq looks at any new relationship with any international formations, whether it is with the European Union, NATO or the Gulf Cooperation Council, that it can contribute to removing Its economic crises, and therefore we focus on the entry of investment companies to NATO countries, and then find space for these countries and their companies for the development of the Iraqi economy."

Investment insurance guarantees 

Security expert Ahmed Al-Sharifi raised several points expected for this visit in his speech to the Iraqi News Agency (INA) about the security dimensions, stressing that “cooperation with the international will at the military level will constitute a guarantee to secure the flow of investment through these economies, which we can classify as major economies,” noting that "These countries, with their gigantic economies, cannot enter a region that has not reached the convictions of many countries that it is a safe and stable region."

He added, "If military cooperation is achieved and countries reach the stage of reassurance by investing in Iraq, the investment will be promising for two reasons. The first is that these are major countries that have the ability to influence political decisions and are also the owners of gigantic economies capable of making a radical and comprehensive change in the economic reality in Iraq."

He shows that "the second reason is that this investment will constitute immunity for the security of Iraq in the future in regional and international balances with an intertwining of interests with revenues and major countries. This means that the resolutions of the United Nations, the Security Council and the five permanent members will be supportive and supportive of Iraq, and Iraq will be immune from regional conflicts." and regional conflicts, and it will become an important strategic and an economic, security and military center of gravity in the region."