Industry Minister directs to enter into real partnerships with French companies

Baghdad-INA
Minister of Industry and Minerals Khaled Batal Al-Najm directed on Sunday, to attract French companies to enter into real partnerships with them in the phosphate and iron industries.

The ministry's media office stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): " Al-Najm directed, in light of the Prime Minister's visit to France, to communicate with the French embassy to reach a specific mechanism and formula to enter into real partnerships with French companies to contribute to reviving the phosphate industries and iron and steel in Iraq."

The statement added, "The minister instructed the immediate start of work and joint coordination with the French side, and raising the position of His Excellency, considering the issue as one of the priorities and interests of the Iraqi government."