Finance minister urges ambassadors to attract investments to Iraq

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Finance Minister Baqer al-Zubaidi urged on Wednesday Iraqi ambassadors to Egypt, South Korea and Belarus to attract investments to Iraq, mainly in housing and energy sectors, according to a ministerial statement. “This came during his meetings with ambassadors to Egypt, Nezar al-Khierallah, South Korea, Ismail Shafiq, and to Belarus, Haidar Masour. He urged them to encourage their countries’ companies to invest in the housing and energy sectors and to rehabilitate the infrastructure and to increase the trade volume between Iraq and these countries,” said the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. SH (P) 2