NIC: the government intends enhancing investment in Iraq

INA-  BAGHDAD

The National Investment Commission NIC confirmed Thursday, a government approach to advance the investment reality in Iraq.

 The head of NIC, Salar Muhammad Amin, said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "One of the most prominent directions of the Commission at the current and near stage is to open up to available local and foreign investments in various sectors and to identify the most prominent causes of reluctance."

He added that he "meets daily with dozens of investors, businessmen and companies wishing to invest, and overviews the most prominent problems they face, in attempts to overcome these obstacles through direct coordination with the state departments concerned with the investment process."

He stressed that "the enhancement of the investment reality in Iraq is one of the most prominent directions of the government and the Commission ," noting that "the management of the NIC is working on this with full force and transparency, which is positively reflected in the economic arena and contributes to developing of the economy."