French proclaim on the promise of access to contracts in Iraq

Source: Ilaf - 04/07/2009
French proclaim on the promise of access to contracts in Iraq

The two French President accompanied by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Thursday to Iraq, that they obtained from the Iraqi authorities on the promise to enter into contracts with them, although they are relatively modest amounts.

Thursday Fillon and a quick visit to Iraq one day, at the head of the delegation included the heads of a number of French companies wishing to invest in this country after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from major Iraqi cities and towns.

And marine construction firm won "or CIA," based in the west of France, of soliciting proposals to build a "support craft" to be used in the control of the beaches, as announced by the French Joisar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of this company, which used 250 staff, told reporters on his return from the visit.

The Joisar "that the value of the contract amounted to between 50 and 60 million euros, according to the options covered." The company also nominated to participate in the tender for the Iraqi Interior Ministry, dealing with construction of six new "interceptor vessels."

The other hand, will be assigned to the Office of "any de-Paix any" of the studies, a branch of the airport of Paris and a specialist in the design of airports, airport maps, the development of the city of Kerbala, 110 km south of Baghdad. وHe held a "amounting to 30 million euros," according to general manager of the company now if Bajulik.

The company will enjoy high prestige to win the other two contracts, one with regard to the rehabilitation of the passenger terminal "B" at the Baghdad airport, and the other on the development of Basra airport, the largest city in southern Iraq.

Iraq had announced the purchase of 24 French military helicopter in the first arms contract between France and Iraq since 1990, indicating an intensification of relations between Paris and Baghdad.

During his visit to Paris in May, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed his pride in the "special relations" between Iraq and France, without reference to the links which had been set up by Paris with the regime of Saddam Hussein, and in strict opposition to the invasion of France to the U.S. invasion in 2003.

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France seeks to bank on war-wrecked Iraq

French PM accompanied by business delegation aims to raise France’s business profile in Iraq.

By Raphael Hermano - BAGHDAD

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon arrived in Baghdad on Thursday with a delegation of officials and business leaders seeking to raise France's profile in Iraq.

"Iraqis were keen to remove themselves from American guardianship, and that is because they want to do business with other investors that they know well, among them the French," a Fillon aide told journalists.

Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said his country was looking forward to France playing a key role in its oil-dependent economy.

"Our country wants France to be a strategic partner, particularly in trade, and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has indicated his desire to see bilateral relations grow significantly."

Fillon, whose country opposed the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, arrived just two days after US troops withdrew from urban areas under a security pact that will see them leave the country by the end of 2011.

His visit also comes after Iraq managed to close only one of several deals for foreign energy giants to participate in developing the country's extensive oil and gas resources.

An aide to the French premier said there was significant corporate interest in Iraq, although there were lingering concerns over security in a country that is still seeing deadly violence on a daily basis.

"Security is the major worry for the French," he said.

Even so, "if we had wanted, we could have brought along the entire CAC 40," he said in reference to the stock market index of France's major companies. "No one turned down an invitation."

Among those travelling with Fillon and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde are the heads of oil major Total, the Lafarge building materials group and European aerospace giant EADS.

Fillon is expected to meet Maliki before travelling to Sulaimaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan to meet President Jalal Talabani.

Five memorandums of understanding are expected to be signed in the areas of armed forces, security, trade and training, Dabbagh said.

A Fillon aide added that there will be a deal on reciprocal protection of investments, training civil engineers and the establishment of a joint commission of corporate chiefs.

The French premier's trip follows a visit by Maliki to Paris in May, while French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Iraq in February, on the first such visit ever by a French head of state.

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