Toyota agency opening in Arbil step to refurbish Kurdistan’s private sector – official

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Burham Saleh said on Sunday that the inauguration of an agency of Japan’s giant Toyota in Arbil is a “significant step to develop the private sector in the region”. “The move is indicative of the confidence in the region’s government and the stability it is boasting,” Saleh said in an address on the occasion. He noted that a businessmen’s conference will be held soon in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in association with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Arbil, the capital city of the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan Region, lies 360 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2