Participation of IBC Members Delegation In a Business Meeting with the Visiting Austrian Companies

Organized by the Trade Section of the Austrian Embassy in Jordan and in collaboration with IBC, a business meeting was held on Tuesday November 2016.

IBC Chairman, members and the visiting delegation of the Austrian companies participated in the business meeting that was also attended by the Head of Mission Deputy Mr. Christoph Shternat and the Austrian Trade Advisor Mrs. Isabel Schmedtbawer.

On IBC side the meeting was attended by IBC Chairman Dr. Majid Saedi, Vice Chairman and Secretary General Mr. Saad Naji, Vice Chairman Engineer Jalal Qaood, IBC Board members; Mr. Usama Al-Quraishi and Mrs. Wassan Al-Khafaji, IBC members; Mr. Fakhri Reshan, Mr. Faris Kamal, IBC CEO, several Satellite TV channels and a number of journalists.

At the beginning of the meeting IBC Chairman Dr. Saedi welcomed members of the visiting Austrian trade mission and reviewed the volume of Iraqi investments in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan which is witnessing steady increase under the wise economic policies of His Majesty King Abdullah II Bin Al-Hussein and His Majesty’s ongoing support to Iraqi investors and provision of appropriate investment environment.

During the meeting Dr. Saedi called on the Austrian and foreign companies to participate in the Iraqi – Jordanian Economic Integration Conference scheduled to be held by IBC early 2017 where a number of sessions shall be dedicated to review the available opportunities in the reconstruction of the Iraqi liberated areas with the support of international organizations in which over 30 Iraqi and international economic organizations would participate.
IBC members also discussed the available investment opportunities and the mechanism of cooperation with the foreign companies.

On her part, the Trade Advisor of the Austrian delegation Mrs. Isabel Schmedtbawer thanked IBC delegation and expressed interest of the Austrian companies to establish trade partnerships with their Iraqi businessmen counterparts. IBC members and members of the Austrian trade delegation presented and introduction on their companies and their trade activities.

Specializations of the participating Austrian delegation included a number of sectors such as financial services, medical equipment and medicines, information technology, plastic industries and recycling. The meeting was concluded with exchanging thanks between the two sides.