steph1962
November 26th, 2009, 05:35 AM
Report: Iraq to sign EU partnership agreement next month
Iraq will sign a strategic partnership agreement with the European Union next month, Baghdad's al-Sabbah newspaper reported Thursday. The agreement would cover more than a dozen sectors and is the product of nine rounds of negotiations stretching over two and a half years, the daily said.
"The draft agreement between the two sides has been completed and is currently being considered by the Iraqi cabinet and European experts," al-Sabbah reported.
The agreement would cover trade, oil, electricity, as well as scientific and cultural exchange, the newspaper said. It would also contain provisions on human rights, organised crime, money laundering, illegal immigration, and the theft of antiquities.
Al-Sabbah hailed the agreement as likely "to ensure the integration of Iraq into the global economy," to contribute to the country's economic recovery, and "its gradual transformation to a market economy."
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296460,report-iraq-to-sign-eu-partnership-agreement-next-month.html
Iraq will sign a strategic partnership agreement with the European Union next month, Baghdad's al-Sabbah newspaper reported Thursday. The agreement would cover more than a dozen sectors and is the product of nine rounds of negotiations stretching over two and a half years, the daily said.
"The draft agreement between the two sides has been completed and is currently being considered by the Iraqi cabinet and European experts," al-Sabbah reported.
The agreement would cover trade, oil, electricity, as well as scientific and cultural exchange, the newspaper said. It would also contain provisions on human rights, organised crime, money laundering, illegal immigration, and the theft of antiquities.
Al-Sabbah hailed the agreement as likely "to ensure the integration of Iraq into the global economy," to contribute to the country's economic recovery, and "its gradual transformation to a market economy."
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296460,report-iraq-to-sign-eu-partnership-agreement-next-month.html