Out of 22 Arab countries, only three of them participated in the Baghdad International Fair this ye

Out of 22 Arab countries, only three of them participated in the Baghdad International Fair this year





Author: Bian4 on: Sunday 10/20/2013 12:13 pm

News Source: Baghdad 1 report




BAGHDAD / WAP / report Mustafa Sa'dun / 19 Arab countries absent from participating in the fortieth session of the Baghdad International Fair, at the time participated in the largest industrialized countries as America, Japan and Germany, while specialist attributed the absence of Arab states to boycott the ongoing under the pretext of the security situation.





The director of the General Company for Trade Sadiq Hassan Sultan's / WAP / that "Iraq has invited to the 22 Arab countries to participate in the fortieth session of the Baghdad International Fair, but participation was only three Arab countries."
He added that "Iraq always urges Arab countries on the need to participate in the exhibition, and we assure them that the situation in Iraq, contrary to what the media-borne."
He stressed the need that "there is a large Arab posts during the next sessions of the exhibition, stressing that the General Exhibitions Company will seek to urge Arab companies to the future presence in the Baghdad International Fair."
And participated in the exhibition of three Arab countries, namely Kuwait, Egypt, and Tunisia, which pulled the event to arrive in Baghdad.
Sources of the General Company for Iraqi Fairs revealed L / WAP / that "there are special reasons for the Tunisian side led to Ansahbhm of participation in the Baghdad International Fair, the most prominent of the security situation in Iraq."
The source pointed out that "to bring forward the establishment of the Baghdad International Fair, one of the reasons was to have led to the weakness of Arab participation in it, especially as it coincided with the establishment of the Erbil International Fair, in addition to the deteriorating security situation during the current period."
The source / WAP / that "the percentage decline in participating in the exhibition for the previous session and reached 20%, indicating that the Arab countries, especially the Gulf states except Kuwait are boycotting the Baghdad International Fair, a longitudinal years ago, despite ongoing participations in exhibitions."
He pointed out that "the Iraqi opposition Company present every year in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, but there are no any official post by the United Arab Emirates in the Baghdad International Fair,, reverse the Republic of France that occur annually in the gallery of Baghdad, and We انشارك in showrooms."
The most prominent countries participating in the fortieth session of the Baghdad International Fair, France, Germany, Turkey, India, China and the United States and Britain.
He sees economic Amer Jaber, said that "the security situation in Iraq, the most important and the most common reasons that contributed to the deterioration of Arab participation and international in the Baghdad International Fair at its fortieth session, in addition to the existence of problems and difficulties facing the investment companies in Iraq, in the event contracted with Mússat state, but participation You must be at the level of states in the coming sessions, not just companies. "
"It is still a culture of opposition and presence investment weak in the Iraqi citizens, especially as we see that the citizen goes to the gallery Baghdad to watch ماموجود and rarely Manry he was looking for equipment and clothing companies sober, so the exhibition contributes to its success citizen and the government at the same time."
It seems that the situation faced by regional and Arab region in general represented a barrier case without the presence of Arab and foreign companies at the show where the audience was, where the previous session was attended by 1,500 companies from 20 Arab and foreign country in the post and described Balausa since 2003.
The company was founded General for Iraqi Fairs in 1959, and was then called the Directorate of interest exhibitions of Iraq, where she joined the company during the year 1971 to the membership of the Union of International Fairs, which is headquartered in Paris, and held the first exhibition of Iraqis in 1964 in Baghdad, with the participation of four Arab countries, and continued sessions until the entry U.S. troops to the country in 2003, then stopped for the instability of the security situation in Baghdad, and returned after years Made great. / End

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