The Deputy Premier for Energy Affairs, Hussein al-Shahristani, hosted the French Minister of Foreign Trade and her accompanying delegation at his office in Baghdad.

Shahristani office reported in a statement received by IraqiNews.com ”The two sides discussed the means to promote mutual relations between Iraq and France by developing bilateral political, economic and cultural relations for the favor of two countries.’

”’Shahristani invited the French companies to invest in Iraq in the fields of energy, building airports, railways , bridges, hospitals and housing complexes due to the wide experience of France in these fields,” the statement added.

”The French Minister expressed the desire of her country to invest in Iraq by the participation of French companies in reconstruction movement,” the statement concluded.