Tokyo : It will not deter us from terrorism enter the Iraqi market

6/2/2014 0:00

Baghdad Ali Mowaffak
Japan has confirmed that the security situation will not deter companies from entering the Iraqi market .

He said the Japanese ambassador to Iraq Kazuya Nascida (morning) : The security situation will not deter his country's companies for access to markets in Iraq and the implementation of service projects , especially in the areas of infrastructure , electricity, energy, automotive , noting that cooperation with the Iraqi side yielded the signing of one of the largest contracts for the implementation of Basra, the strategic water project by the company (Hitachi ) Japanese.

He pointed to the expansion of economic cooperation with Iraq for up to five billion dollars , adding that the Japanese side believes that Iraq has turned from the stage of reconstruction to the investment business .


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Were known Japanese embassy in Iraq that the security situation will not deter the country from companies enter the Iraqi market , as confirmed the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works to provide all the facilities required to expand the activity of such companies private infrastructure projects .

The Minister of Municipalities and Public Works just Mhodr in his speech during the Conference on Water Iraqi Japanese II and attended the (morning ) on Monday : that the improved security situation in the country has increased the desire of Japanese companies to enter the Iraqi market , pointing out that the ministry was experiencing a problem in poor implementation of projects strategy as a result of the poor experience and specialty companies executing them , which invited her to focus on its contracts to foreign companies , including Japanese , as well as companies discreet in the Iraqi private sector to achieve the competition between the two parties , noting that the government is of Japanese companies in the forefront of those working to attract to the implementation of projects , particularly in the field of infrastructure .

For his part , explained the President of the National Investment Commission , Sami al-Araji, a speech at the conference that the government is working to increase communication seriously with Japanese companies to develop the country's economy , warning that the Commission will make great efforts in the investment side of the implementation of water projects to achieve the optimal use of the fact that Iraq threatened through the decades next obtaining the scarcity of large water seriously , what calls urging paced to avoid that problem , noting that it called on the government to establish the Supreme Council for water , headed by the Prime Minister to look into how to optimize the use of water through construction of dams , reservoirs and rationalize use in the fields of agricultural and industrial .

Director of the Department of Planning in the Ministry of Municipalities , Amer Khalil pointed his word to raise the proportion of employers drinking water from 55 percent after 2003 to 82 percent , pointing to continuing to work in the implementation of 41 projects strategically waterproof, which will complete them to raise the proportion of employers to 90 percent , with presence in 20 projects under study , hoping to enter the Japanese companies aggressively to implement these projects .

So the director of the Department of sewage in the Ministry of Municipalities , Fouad Khudair the past few years have seen a steady increase in projects and allocations earmarked for the implementation of sewage networks , which led to increase the proportion of employers , referring to the assignment of more than 50 projects for sanitation implementation over the past year after the allocation the amount of 995 billion dinars.

For his part, the Japanese ambassador to Baghdad Kazuya Nascida on the sidelines of the conference (morning) : The security situation will not deter companies my entry to the markets of Iraq and the implementation of service projects , especially the areas of infrastructure , electricity, energy, automotive , noting that cooperation with the Iraqi side yielded signing one of the biggest contracts for the implementation of the strategic Basra water project by the company (Hitachi ) Japanese.

He pointed to the expansion of economic cooperation with Iraq for up to five billion dollars , adding that the Japanese side believes that Iraq has turned from the stage of reconstruction to the investment business and the Japanese government has the willingness to make loans other help in this area , however, Japanese companies are still facing problems in the system financial , tax and customs in Iraq is calling on the government to take measures to facilitate the work of those companies .


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