States and companies preparing to rebuild Iraq

States and companies preparing to rebuild Iraq


ARAB WORLD
14:52 20.03.2017 (Updated 14:58 20.03.2017)

"Iraq is coming to an reconstruction campaign not only in liberated areas, but also throughout Iraq," said Haidar al-Abadi, head of the armed forces.

This came at a time when the Iraqi Prime Minister visited the United States to meet with US President Trump, and discuss the process of reconstruction of Iraq after the end of the war against the organization "Daash"

On the intention of the reconstruction of all cities of Iraq, the United Nations Economic Adviser in Iraq, Dr. Falah al-Lami told "Sputnik": "Iraq during this period and after the victories against the gangs of the organization calling, the international community welcomes the idea of the reconstruction of Iraq and the transition to a strategy to build Iraq And the result is a lot of profits on investment companies and American and European companies, and also notes the shuttle visits initiated by a number of ambassadors and foreign ministers to Baghdad and meetings with the Prime Minister, all came after the victories and also represents a qualitative leap towards construction, investment and reconstruction in the next phase , And will be crowned by the expected meeting between the Iraqi Prime Minister and the US President, and there is a lot in the quilt of the US government on this aspect.

"Iraq has the largest reserves in the world of oil, which makes it easy to invest in it, because the process of obtaining funds is very quickly, and the current agreements with Iraq benefit the investors more than their benefit to Iraq, but Iraq will benefit through This investment in the reconstruction of the country that a lot of infrastructure in all provinces of Iraq is dilapidated, and this needs to develop a large plan for Iraq in general and not only to the provinces that have been subjected to a provocative occupation The steps included the Iraqi government is to move towards investment because Iraq suffered from rampant corruption, .

For his part, Dr. Karim Al-Fatlawi told SPOTNIK that "the reconstruction of Iraq is a difficult and arduous process for two main reasons. The first is the decline in oil revenues during the previous and current period, in addition to the consequent Iraq's debts due to the war on terrorism Which can be sustained for long periods. The second reason, which is important for the fight against corruption, and that if it is properly provided part of the funds for the reconstruction of Iraq, the devastation in Iraq is unimaginable, and we can imagine the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war In 1980 followed by the period of economic embargo until 2003, and then came the period of regime change, which after that period increased imports of Iraq, but unfortunately could not Iraq to invest those funds to come after the war against the organization of Dahedh, which began to drain large resources, in addition to the devastation that Successor ".

Al-Fatlawi added, "The issue of investment is a project that has already been put forward in the time of the previous Iraqi government, the so-called payment of the term, which is a good opportunity for Iraq to put forward its investment projects because it has resources that far outweigh the resources of other countries living today in a better economic situation than Iraq, Iraq is a rich country, and companies can carry out investment operations, but must create a suitable ground for it.

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