Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Polish companies to invest in Iraq
Reconstruction
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki confirmed, after a meeting with his Polish counterpart Yaroslav Kajinski who arrived in Baghdad Wednesday on a surprise visit, his country's desire to attract Polish companies to invest in Iraq. Al-Maliki said during a joint press conference with the Polish Prime Minister that "there is a desire to cooperate with the Polish companies in the areas of oil, gas and in the military field". He added, "We asked the companies to come to Iraq and hold discussions with the ministers concerned in these areas and we agreed that the cooperation would not limited to oil".
Al-Maliki said that "there are military deals between Iraq and Poland to import weapons and helicopters wthin the military cooperation with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense". Al-Maliki pointed out that Iraq "looks forward to consolidate relations with friendly countries, including Poland". On his part, the Polish Prime Minister said that "the talks tackled all areas practically and in detail". In response to a question about the future of the Polish forces deployed in southern Iraq, he said that "the future of our forces stay in Iraq is due to the completion of some tasks that they were charged with (...) We believe that this is necessary not only to Iraq but to the entire world".
Al-Maliki said that "there are military deals between Iraq and Poland to import weapons and helicopters wthin the military cooperation with the Iraqi Ministry of Defense". Al-Maliki pointed out that Iraq "looks forward to consolidate relations with friendly countries, including Poland". On his part, the Polish Prime Minister said that "the talks tackled all areas practically and in detail". In response to a question about the future of the Polish forces deployed in southern Iraq, he said that "the future of our forces stay in Iraq is due to the completion of some tasks that they were charged with (...) We believe that this is necessary not only to Iraq but to the entire world".
