Prime Minister: Iraq Has Become an Encouraging and Attractive Environment for Investment, 29 MARCH

Baghdad - INA

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani affirmed on Thursday that Iraq has become an encouraging and attractive environment for investment, noting that women's entry into the investment sector enhances their role in development.

The Prime Minister's Media Office said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Emirati Sawaed Al Khair Association, Sheikha Fatima bint Hashr Al Maktoum, and her accompanying delegation."

He added that "Al-Sudani welcomed this visit, which aims to enhance understanding and develop cooperation and bilateral relations between Iraq and the UAE, stressing the government's keenness to provide everything that would contribute to advancing relations in various fields."

According to the statement, Al-Sudani indicated that "Iraq has become an encouraging and attractive environment for investment, based on its real assets and opportunities," indicating that "women's entry into the investment and business sectors enhances their role and participation in construction and achieving development."

For her part, Sheikha Fatima Al Maktoum expressed her "welcome to the Iraqi government's measures to support women and prepare them for entry into the workforce," affirming her "efforts to establish a charitable center in Baghdad to rehabilitate people of determination, as a pioneer in humanitarian work and activities." Al-Sudani expressed his support for this step and directed that obstacles be removed to complete the project.