Iraq seeks help
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July 19, 2011, Tuesday
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IRAQ has asked China to set up a fund to help with the reconstruction of the war-battered country, an Iraqi government official said yesterday during a visit to Beijing by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh also said Baghdad was keen to get Chinese companies to invest in the country, which is China's seventh-largest supplier of oil last year.
The United States has spent US$54 billion in relief and reconstruction efforts since the 2003 invasion, and the two governments have spent billions more but ordinary people have seen little improvement.
The Iraqi government, which gets most of its US$72 billion budget from oil revenues, says it is committed to improving basic services.
"We are asking the China side to make a fund, for ... reconstruction and to guarantee and assure the investment in Iraq for Chinese companies," Dabbagh said in Beijing.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh also said Baghdad was keen to get Chinese companies to invest in the country, which is China's seventh-largest supplier of oil last year.
The United States has spent US$54 billion in relief and reconstruction efforts since the 2003 invasion, and the two governments have spent billions more but ordinary people have seen little improvement.
The Iraqi government, which gets most of its US$72 billion budget from oil revenues, says it is committed to improving basic services.
"We are asking the China side to make a fund, for ... reconstruction and to guarantee and assure the investment in Iraq for Chinese companies," Dabbagh said in Beijing.
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