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Economist: Basra eligible to be the economic capital of Iraq through its history, its present and its wealth and its potential
Friday, August 23 / August 2013 17:02
{Baghdad: Euphrates News} said economic expert Nizar Wa'ili that Basra province are eligible to be the economic capital of Iraq through its history and its present and possesses the wealth of possibilities.
He said Waeli told {Euphrates News} that "economic cities is very important for countries that develop its economy and trying to find outlets for their markets, and there are a lot of economic cities in the world, either our city is eligible most because the economic capital is Basra being linking Europe to South East Asia is the only Iraqi port on the sea. "
He added that "the history of the province of Basra confirms it was a center of global trade and not just regional, so we have to focus on to be the city's economic Iraq because all the favorable conditions of the ports and strategic location and history."
It is said that the President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim was launched earlier initiative to be considered Basra, Iraq's economic capital, to take the citizen Bloc assumed age of this initiative in the law and submit it to the House of Representatives.
Mr. Ammar al-Hakim had expressed earlier in the hope that the work is an initiative eminence as Basra economic capital of Iraq, with key partners in the political process is basically to unite behind strategic projects will be a real beginning for the start of the Iraqi economy, and stressed that such a move will have a role significantly to the development of trade with the European Union, by reducing the cost of transport between Asia and the Indian sub-continent with Europe.
Between economic expert Nizar Wa'ili that "the economic importance of these cities or capitals come through countries search for quick and easy port known to the world in terms of export and supply."
And ended Wa'ili to say "as long as the country is experiencing a renaissance for the construction of the economy, the province of Basra history and present are eligible to be the economic capital."
And are the initiative of Mr. Ammar al-Hakim on Basra fired from the by His Eminence support and blessing of the majority of political blocs being a move the country's economy and benefit all the provinces.
It is said that the law enacted by citizen bloc in Parliament on the initiative he had read once in the House of Representatives, but it is withdrawn by the Council of Ministers without clarifying the reasons only a confirmation on this drawing came to the need for extensive study and ripening. Ended 19
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