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Berlin is seeking to relations «excellent» with Baghdad
Guk Talabani: an initial personal interest to deepen the mutual cooperation
Baghdad - Al Sabah
Seeks Berlin to the arrival of their relations in all fields with Baghdad to high levels and played the role of a member of international issues.
In a letter sent by President Joachim Guk to President Jalal Talabani, said the last in which he attaches personal interest to promote relations between Germany and Iraq and to continue to deepen.
The ambitious German, at the time expected it to open a joint agreement between the two countries is moving Parliament to approve a broad prospect for cooperation between Iraq and the countries of the euro with the pursuit of Berlin to head the European group, as the purpose of this Convention, which will remain in force for Ten years ago, to protect and encourage investment and exchanged between the Iraqi government and its counterpart in Germany.
Said Guk an answer to a congratulatory telegram sent by President Jalal Talabani on the occasion of his accession to the post of President of Federal Republic of Germany: »I would like to express to you my sincere thanks for your words of congratulations and best wishes that you addressed to me on the occasion of my election as President the Federal Republic of Germany, which Srtina very pleased.
Said «I personally pay attention to promote good relations and friendship between our two countries and continue to deepen. And will do my best to achieve this objective «.
And according to a copy of the Convention on Iraqi economic - German is scheduled to be approved by parliament, obtained by »morning», both from the Republic of Iraq and the Federal Republic of Germany have a desire to intensify economic cooperation between the two countries, whose goal is to create better conditions for investments by investors of any of the two countries and within the limits of the territory of the other country, and to encourage investment and provide protection contractual her two best incentive to push the initiatives of individual investment and increase the prosperity of both peoples.
He said German President: »I am convinced that Iraq and Germany, they can in the framework of international organizations in particular, to jointly provide an important contribution to success in the face of the great challenges of our time ».
and works by German Chancellor Angela Merkel is currently winning the support of the European countries to the presidency of the Eurogroup.
Observers believe that with the trend to pass this agreement in the House and preside over the Germany of the European Community, the through the expansion of relations with Europe would be through Berlin.
The Convention affirms that «the investments of investors in any of the Contracting States shall not be confiscated, directly or indirectly, or nationalized or be subject to measures equivalent to the effects resulting from the process of expropriation or nationalization, within the territorial limits of the Contracting State other than with regard to public interest and against compensation.
And visited Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Berlin in July 2008, and resulted in Maliki's visit at the time of the signing of a cooperation agreement between Iraq and Germany aimed at securing the work of companies wishing to invest in the country, also called al-Maliki during the visit to increase scientific cooperation of through the opening of the German University in Baghdad and the expansion of diplomatic relations by opening consulates Germanies in Basra and Erbil, as urged German businessmen to participate in investment projects and the reconstruction of the country.
And confirms a member of the Economic Parliament MP Abdul-Abbas Hammoud, that «the Convention on the encouragement and reciprocal protection between Iraq and the Republic of Federal Republic of Germany is one of the agreements that would help Iraq a lot in building a system of great economic.
said Hammoud, in a statement »Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network» that «this Agreement that would encourage investment are widely used in Iraq, on the grounds that we live in a world of running a huge economic and robust and accelerated markedly and sophisticated and therefore we must take a step into this world in a positive way », indicating that this agreement came to the House of Representatives is ready by the government and the House of Representatives discussed at its meeting last Tuesday.
The economy of Germany and one of the largest economies world, where it occupies the fourth place in terms of GDP after the United States, China and Japan. And ranked fifth in terms of purchasing power, and Germany is the most populous in Europe, where its population of 82 million people, Germany has maintained a high standard of living. It is well known for Germany as embedded in the social security system, which flows from the prosperity of the German economy.
It is said that Hussein Khatib, the Iraqi ambassador to Germany, recently revealed the intention of Germany to establish the largest NATO economist in the Middle East with Iraq, while plans Mercedes to set up plant for manufacturing and maintenance and training of personnel in Iraq.
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