Baghdad: Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani affirmed that women’s entry into the investment sector enhances their role in development. A statement from his media office stated that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Emirati Sawaed Al Khair Association, Sheikha Fatima bint Hashr Al Maktoum, and her accompanying delegation.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, Al-Sudani welcomed the visit, which aims to enhance understanding and develop cooperation and relations between Iraq and the UAE. He stressed the government’s keenness to provide everything that would contribute to advancing relations in various fields. Al-Sudani indicated that Iraq has become an encouraging and attractive environment for investment, based on its real assets and opportunities. He noted that women’s entry into the investment and business sectors enhances their role and participation in construction and achieving development.

For her part, Sheikha Fatima Al Maktoum welcomed the Iraqi government’s measures to support women and prepare them to enter the labor sector. She emphasized her efforts to establish a charitable center in Baghdad to rehabilitate people of determination, as a pioneer in the field of humanitarian work and activities. Al-Sudani expressed his support for this initiative and directed that obstacles be removed to ensure the project’s completion.