Jordan Investment Minister Eng. Kheiri Amr Meets with Iraqi Business council Chairman and Members at Investment Ministry Headquarters

Jordan Investment Minister Engineer Kheiri Amr met on Thursday December 9th 2021 at the Investment Ministry Headquarters with the Iraqi Business Council Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi, Deputy Chairman & Secretary General Dr. Saad Naji and a number of IBC Board member; Mr. Mekki Al-Faiz and Mr. Tariq Al-Hassan, along with IBC members; Mr. Ahmad Al_Amili, Mr. Aqeel Al-Hadi, Mr. Abdul Rahman Thabit Safar, Mrs. Leilas Asfour and IBC Director General.

During the meeting, a set of observations and suggestions were discussed to enhance investments of Iraqi investors in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

The Investment Minister also stressed keenness of the Jordanian Government to provide all necessary facilities to businessmen and investors in Jordan and communicate with them on permanent basis to learn about any observations relating to the progress of their businesses and investments in Jordan to overcome any obstacles they may encounter.

His Excellency the Investment Minister reviewed the mechanism of improving investment and developing investment attraction, pointing to the efforts exerted by various official authorities to improve the investment reality in the Kingdom and create an appropriate and attractive climate for investment, stressing that finding appropriate solutions to the challenges encountering investors has always been on the top priorities of the Jordanian government under Royal Directives.

For his part, Chairman of the Iraqi Business Council Dr. Saedi thanked the Jordanian government for its efforts to provide all facilities to the Iraqi investor, and the efforts exerted by the Investment Ministry to continue searching for solutions to the obstacles and challenges encountering the Iraqi investors.

Dr. Saedi tackled some of the challenges facing the Iraqi investor, which he affirmed that finding solutions would contribute to the flow of even more Iraqi investments to Jordan.

IBC Deputy Chairman Dr. Saad Naji presented a working paper covering all obstacles on Iraqi investment in the Kingdom “reality and challenges” which covered the volume of Iraqi investment in Jordan in the investment sectors on the obstacles facing the Iraqi investor with proposals covering solutions.

At the end of the meeting, the Investment Minister promised to study the suggestions provided by IBC members to facilitate their work in Jordan, and the delegation representing IBC members expressed thanks and appreciation to the Investment Minister for holding the meeting.