Political first: the signing of strategic partnership agreement with the European Union next month
(This Article Headlined 25/11/09)
Include more than 12 sectors and will contribute to integration of the Iraqi economy in the global economy and the recovery of the wanted men
BAGHDAD - morning
Signed by Iraq and the European Union next month strategic partnership agreement involving more than 12 industries, in a move that will contribute significantly to the development of relations and cooperation between the two sides.

Announced that the "morning" sources close to the government, indicating that the draft Convention will be signed by the Iraqi side, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, or his agent, Dr. Mohammed al-Haj Hammoud, either on the European side Fissemthelh Deputy Director General for Foreign Affairs of the European Commission Hicz Mancarelli. The sources confirmed completion of the draft agreement between the the two sides, stating that it (the draft convention) currently under discussion by the Council of Ministers and European experts and consultants, to study it thoroughly before signing it initialed by both parties. It is said that the bilateral negotiations between Iraq and the European Union was concluded in Brussels last week, after nine rounds of talks lasted more than two and a half years. According to the sources, the draft Convention covers areas of "economic and trade, scientific and cultural rights, in addition to the energy represented by the oil and electricity, as well as sectors of human rights and combating terrorism and organized crime, money laundering, illegal immigration and the effects of theft and trafficking." Observers believe Partnership Agreement is a new road map for building relationships with the European Union to correct and repair the path of cooperation between the two sides, after being hit by these relations to the fluctuations during the dictatorial regime due to his reckless, noting at the same time that the agreement would send messages of comfort and confirmation that Iraq is ready to cooperate with everyone and not at the expense of one party or another, in reference to the United States and Britain.
The sources pointed out that this agreement will also contribute, according to the Provisions of the terms and commitments in Europe in the development of ways of joint cooperation in the areas of trade and investment so as to ensure the integration of Iraq into the global economy provides opportunities for his recovery and progress, to advance its economy and the gradual transition to market economy. For his part, head of the Committee on Economics, investment and reconstruction in the House of Representatives, Dr. Haider Abadi value of the agreement with the European Union, saying in a statement the "morning" that the Union currently represents one of the main capital of the world economy, which Iraq could move towards agreed economic and wider investment out of the local domain to world. in turn, supported the MP Abbas al-Bayati, a member of the Security and Defense Committee in parliament, so the signing of such agreements. The "morning": that the partnership agreement with the European Union will help the country to pursue and arrest the wanted by the Iraqi judiciary for their involvement in terrorist operations and corruption cases directly or indirectly, asserting the existence of a significant number of those who recruit suicide bombers to be sent to Iraq through the regional countries to kill innocent people, in some countries in Europe. The Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has expressed for the new president of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy in a letter sent to him recently, about the ambition that the partnership agreement is signed between Iraq and the European Union as soon as possible
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