April 2018 - Iraqi Business Council

IBC Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi and a number of IBC Board members; Mr. Ali Ghalib Al-Khafaji, Mr. Turkey Al-Qaisi, Mr. Mekki Al-Faiz, Dr. Osama Al-Quraishi and Mr. Muhammad Jawad Al-Jubouri, along with IBC members; Mrs. Hadeel Hassan, Mr. Najim Al-Saedi and Mustafa Al-Sheikh, and President of the Iraqi Labor Council in Abu Dhabi Mr. Diya Al-Shakarji participated on Tuesday April 26th 2018 in a “Forum on Investment Opportunities & Reconstruction in Iraq” at Al-Rashid Hotel / Baghdad – Iraq opened under auspices of the Iraqi Prime Minister Dr. Haider Al-Abbadi represented by the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Dr. Mehdi Al-Allaq, which was organized by the Council of Ministers General Secretariat and the National Investment Commission in Iraq in cooperation with the Economy & Business Group.

The meeting was attended by a large number of businessmen and companies’ presidents from Iraqi, Arab and foreign countries, in addition to representatives of the Arab Chambers of Commerce and officials from the World Bank.

The idea of establishing the Iraqi Business Council is based on the common desire generated by a number of elites. Those who are Iraqi investors and businessmen on the territory of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan unanimous in the importance of creating economic reference for them, as well as for those who wish to join them in order to maximize Iraq’s investment in Jordan, as well as to contribute actively to Iraq’s construction and reconstruction.

The one who carried out the mission of founding is an elite of Iraqi businessmen of recognized competence and abilities. and since the Council’s inception in late 2006, members have worked towards efforts to support Iraqi investments in Jordan.

as well as coordination and cooperation with official entities, to find solutions and proposals to overcome obstacles and constraints facing investors s economic, investment cooperation between Jordan and Iraq.

Among the activities of IBC Cultural Program (Ibdaa) and under auspices of the Jordanian Minster of Culture Mr. Nabeeh Shiqum, IBC hosted on Saturday April 21st, 2018 at Amman Grand Millennium Hotel the signing ceremony of “The History of Iraqi Silver (Its Manufacturers and Their Products)” by IBC member and antiquities expert Engineer Muhammad Saleh Al-Baghdadi.

The event included an exhibition of a collection of unique pieces of Iraqi silver illustrated in the book.

At the beginning of the ceremony the author, Engineer Muhammad Al-Baghdadi, spoke about his book that was published in Arabic and English, which documented a rare collection of silver and its manufacturers.

The Jordanian Minister of Culture, Mr. Nabeeh Shiqum, lauded the exquisite culture of Mesopotamia which was known of its popular industries, and thanked the author for documenting the history of silver industry in Iraq which was a title of ancient civilizations.

Then Dr. Ehsan Fethi presented an overview on the important contents of the book, which documented the history of silver in Iraq systematically and scientifically among all Iraqi communities, and was the product of 18 years of research and documentation by the author.

The ceremony was attended by the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Mrs. Safiya Al-Siheil, the Italian Ambassador to Jordan Mr. Giovanni Brawzi Brauzzi and his wife, and a large number of members of the Iraqi community in Jordan, Iraqi and Jordanian academic, artistic and cultural elite.

On IBC side, the ceremony was attended by IBC Vice Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji, IBC members; Mr. Ahmed Al-Amili, Mr. Aqeel Al-Hadi, Mr. Omar Al-Tikriti and Mrs. Layla Piyyo, along with a crowd of journalists, Iraqi and Jordanian satellite TV channels, IBC CEO and staff.