Baghdad, The Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’a Al-Sudani, arrived today, Thursday, in Paris, on a one-day visit to France.
During the visit, Al-Sudani will meet, according to a statement by his media office, French President Emmanuel Macron, the French Prime Minister, and a number of senior officials in the French government, as well as a number of representatives of French companies and the business sector.
According to the statement, this visit of the Prime Minister at the head of a high-ranking government delegation comes within the framework of developing opportunities for deep cooperation with France, and opening more horizons for investment and exchange, in the way of strengthening the goals and priorities set by the government program, and in order to develop economic infrastructure.
The visit will witness the signing of a strategic partnership agreement between Iraq and France, which will include many files in aspects of joint cooperation, in the economic, investment and security fields, combating terrorism and extremism, cultural exchange, and promoting peace in the two countries, the Middle East region and the world.
The agreement will also include promoting the purposes of the United Nations Charter, cooperation in the field of crisis management, combating economic and organized crime, protecting the environment and promoting human rights and education.
The visit will witness the signing of a bilateral memorandum of understanding in the field of combating corruption and recovering looted and wanted Iraqi funds in accordance with Iraqi law, as well as the signing of a number of other memorandums of understanding in the field of investment in energy and the oil sector, clean energy, and associated gas investment.
The statement added that the visit includes discussions in the field of antiquities protection, and the signing of the Iraqi-French declaration in the field of heritage and antiquities maintenance. In addition to holding talks with a number of French companies related to the development of transport sectors, by activating vital transport projects.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency