Iraq’s Parliament Speaker calls on Europeans to invest in Iraq, calls for non-encouragement of Iraqi Christians to leave Iraq

BRUSSELS / IraqiNews.com: Iraq ’s Parliament Speaker, Usama al-Nujeify, now on a visit to Brussels , have called in a speech at the European Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee, for European investment in Iraq , reiterating Iraq ’s ability to supply Europe with half of its needs for energy supplies in the future.   Nujeify spoke about Iraq ’s current “embarrassing” political conditions, expecting early nationwide elections, the formation of a Higher Commission for Human Rights in the country, while he demanded the Europeans “not to grant facilities for Iraqi Christians to immigrate abroad.”   Large numbers of Iraqi Christians have been forced to immigrate abroad, mostly to the United States , Europe and Australia , along with moving to north Iraq ’s Kurdistan Region, seeking safety from threats against their lives since the downfall of Iraq ’s former Baath regime in 2003.   Nujeify had also reiterated necessity for European support to settle the current political crisis in Iraq, saying: “We are looking towards putting an end to Iraq’s current serious political and economic crisis,” calling on “the European friends to help Iraq to overcome that crisis, in order to help its people to restore its humanitarian role in reconstruction and peace.”   The Iraqi Parliament’s Speaker, meanwhile, called on the Europeans to invest in Iraq in all fields, saying: “We head towards European states and peoples, organizations, institutions and companies to invest in the economic, agricultural and technical fields in Iraq , representing a developing and successful market for good investment.”   SKH (RT) BRUSSELS / IraqiNews.com: Iraq ’s Parliament Speaker, Usama al-Nujeify, now on a visit to Brussels , have called in a speech at the European Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee, for European investment in Iraq , reiterating Iraq ’s ability to supply Europe with half of its needs for energy supplies in the future.   Nujeify spoke about Iraq ’s current “embarrassing” political conditions, expecting early nationwide elections, the formation of a Higher Commission for Human Rights in the country, while he demanded the Europeans “not to grant facilities for Iraqi Christians to immigrate abroad.”   Large numbers of Iraqi Christians have been forced to immigrate abroad, mostly to the United States , Europe and Australia , along with moving to north Iraq ’s Kurdistan Region, seeking safety from threats against their lives since the downfall of Iraq ’s former Baath regime in 2003.   Nujeify had also reiterated necessity for European support to settle the current political crisis in Iraq, saying: “We are looking towards putting an end to Iraq’s current serious political and economic crisis,” calling on “the European friends to help Iraq to overcome that crisis, in order to help its people to restore its humanitarian role in reconstruction and peace.”   The Iraqi Parliament’s Speaker, meanwhile, called on the Europeans to invest in Iraq in all fields, saying: “We head towards European states and peoples, organizations, institutions and companies to invest in the economic, agricultural and technical fields in Iraq , representing a developing and successful market for good investment.”   SKH (RT)