Al-Awadi explains the importance of the Al-Sudani’s participation in the World Economic Forum in KSA

Baghdad - INA

The government spokesman, Bassem Al-Awadi, explained the importance of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani’s expected participation in the World Economic Forum, which will be held on 28-29 in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, while he stressed the government’s work to inform the world of the reality of the situation in Iraq to attract investments and transform the country’s economy from rentier economy to the market economy, instead of the blurry image being promoted, revealed a leap in relations between Iraq and Saudi Arabia that raised the volume of trade exchange to unprecedented extents.

Al-Awadi told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): “The Prime Minister’s visit to Saudi Arabia will be to attend the special meeting of the World Economic Forum that will be hosted by Riyadh, which is one of the largest forums and is equivalent in importance to the Davos Forum in Switzerland. The first title of this conference is international cooperation, growth and the energy sector from For development.
He added, "More than a thousand important and influential figures will attend the forum held in Saudi Arabia, including a president, a leader, a political decision-maker, heads of major economic companies, thinkers and opinion makers in the governmental and private sectors around the world."

He continued, "Therefore, this is a great opportunity for important, high-level meetings for the Prime Minister to be held with world leaders and idea and policy makers in which Iraq's current image, stability, and openness to investment and great investment opportunities in the country will be clarified. We are a country moving toward stability and need to introduce ourselves during Prime Minister’s visits, which he spoke about in Washington, to showe the true picture of Iraq in response to the blurry image that some media outlets are trying to spread.”

He pointed out, "There is confusion about the Iraqi situation, and many believe that Iraq is unstable and the situation is chaotic, and this is contrary to reality. The true position must be clarified and correct relations with the outside must be built. Officials of brotherly and friendly countries are invited to visit Iraq to get to know its situation closely and in the true form that actually exists." We tell them to visit Iraq from south to north and see the truth of the situation for yourselves and make sure that Iraq is stable and its doors are open to investment.”

Al-Awadi pointed out that "Iraq needs investments to exploit its wealth, as well as to develop the industrial and agricultural sectors, so that we can move from a rentier economy to a market economy, support the private sector, and provide more jobs in the private sector. During the Prime Minister’s visit to Washington, there was a delegation of businessmen in support of this trend." .

Regarding the relations between Baghdad and Riyadh, Al-Awadi explained, “Iraqi-Saudi relations are in continuous development and growth, and there was a leap last year under the government of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani, as trade exchange between the two countries jumped between one billion to one billion five hundred million dollars last year.” In the years before that, it was limited to $300 million or half a billion dollars.”

He pointed out, "We consider this leap in relations and cooperation a beginning, and the government is keen to expand commercial cooperation and other sectors to broader extents."