Baghdad, The Minister of Industry and Minerals, Khaled Batal Al-Najm, directed, on Sunday, to attract French companies to enter into real partnerships with them in the phosphate and iron industries.
The Ministry’s media office said in a statement, “Al-Najm directed, in light of the Prime Minister’s visit to France, to communicate with the French Embassy to reach a specific mechanism and formula to enter into real partnerships with French companies to contribute to reviving the phosphate, iron and steel industries in Iraq.”
It added, “The Minister instructed the immediate start of work and joint coordination with the French side, and raise a situation to him, considering the issue as a priority and concern of the Iraqi government.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency