(Arabic Translation is attached) (الترجمة العربية مرفقة)
June 5, 2011
No.9
Dispatch of a Japanese Business Mission to Iraq
- A Business Mission, consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; and private companies, headed by Mr. Mitsuo Sakaba, Ambassador in charge of Reconstruction Assistance to Iraq, visited Basrah on June 4.
- On June 5, the Mission exchanged views with Mr. Haider Ali Fadhel, Chairman of the Basrah Investment Commission, and had a business meeting with executives from the Ministry of Electricity and energy companies in Basrah area.
- The Mission visited Iraq in order to crystallize the "Declaration on Establishing a Comprehensive Partnership between Japan and Iraq", and to follow up on a previous mission sent to Baghdad last February.
- It is expected that the discussions between mission participants and provincial officials and company executives in Basrah would accelerate business operations of Japanese companies in Iraq.
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