Kurdistan Showcases Investment Opportunities at Paris Forum

The Kurdistan Region is showcasing its investment potential at the French-Iraqi Economic Business Forum currently underway in Paris, with top officials encouraging French investors to explore opportunities in key sectors.

Mohammed Shukri, Head of the Kurdistan Region’s Investment Board, addressed a panel during the event, highlighting the Region’s supportive investment environment. 

He emphasized the availability of promising opportunities in the industrial, agricultural, tourism, and energy sectors.

“Now is the time for foreign investors, particularly our French partners, to engage with the Kurdistan Region’s growing economy,” Shukri said, according to a statement released by the Investment Board.

The statement noted that several foreign investors, particularly French businesspeople, expressed readiness to visit the Kurdistan Region to explore investment opportunities firsthand and potentially boost France’s economic footprint in the area.

More than 300 foreign investors and businesspeople—mostly French—are attending the forum, underscoring France’s continued interest in Iraq’s and the Kurdistan Region’s economic landscape.

This event builds on momentum from last year’s first French-Kurdistan Economic Forum, also held in Paris. 

The gathering was organized in coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Investment Board and MEDEF, France’s largest business federation, to strengthen bilateral economic ties and attract more French investment to the Region. link