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Tishwash: IBBC welcomes 3 New Members
The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) has welcomed three new members:
Saudi-based Alkhorayef Group operates in the agricultural machinery, food distribution, oil technologies and water sectors, and partners with many of the largest global brands operating in KSA, including Volvo, Penta and Castrol. It operates in 40 countries, and employs more than 8,000 people.
Daax Construction has completed many major projects in Azerbaijan, and is the lead contractor on the new Zaha Hadid-designed Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) headquarters in Baghdad.
Control Risks, the UK-based specialist risk consultancy, has been in Iraq since 2003, and was a founder member of the IBBC. It is now re-joining the IBBC, and has offices in Erbil, Basra, and Baghdad. link
CandyKisses: Iraq invites advanced Spanish companies to participate in transport projects
Today, Thursday, Minister of Transport, Razzaq Mohibis Al-Saadawi, invited advanced Spanish companies to contribute to Iraqi transport projects.
And the ministry’s media stated in a statement received by “Baghdad Today”, that “the Minister of Transport, Razzaq Muhibis Al-Saadawi, made an official visit to the Spanish capital, Madrid, accompanied by a number of general directors in the ministry to discuss joint cooperation between the two sides in the transport sector.”
The statement indicated that “the Minister of Transport met during the visit with the Spanish Minister of State for Trade Affairs, Chiana Mendez, in the presence of the Iraqi Ambassador to Madrid, Saleh Al-Tamimi, and during the meeting, they discussed ways of bilateral cooperation and invited advanced Spanish companies in the transport sector to contribute to Iraqi projects in the field of land, sea and air transport.” .
He pointed out that “a preliminary date has been set for the meetings of the joint Iraqi-Spanish committee in early October of this year.”
The statement continued, “Al-Saadawi also met with the Spanish company Consultran, which specializes in railways and high-speed trains, and presented the capabilities of the leading company in the world, which implemented projects in the Arabian Gulf, including the Al-Haramain project in Saudi Arabia, which cost seven billion euros for a distance of 450 kilometers,”
Noting that ” Al-Saadawi’s visit to the capital, Madrid, comes as part of the work to complete the development projects of the Ministry of Transport and to raise the level of services provided to keep pace with the global development taking place in the field of transport. link
