KRG Poland representative promotes Kurdistan at Krynica Economic Forum

KRG Poland representative promotes Kurdistan at Krynica Economic Forum


» Mr Ziyad Raoof,
the KRG's Representative to Poland
Krynica, Poland – (KRG.org) – Mr Ziyad Raoof, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representative to Poland, last week participated in the 17th annual Krynica Economic Forum, the biggest political forum in Central and Eastern Europe and known as the Davos of the East.

Mr Raoof told decision-makers at the forum, “The Kurdistan Region is secure and stable, it is the side of Iraq that is rarely seen in the media. It is an emerging democracy with a parliamentary political system. The KRG wants to cooperate and have good relations with many countries and with the European Union, as determined in the Iraqi Constitution.”

The KRG Representative also told companies that the Kurdistan is open for business in many sectors, especially since the Region’s parliament passed a very foreign investor-friendly investment law last year.

The theme of this year’s meeting was “Europe - Crisis, Changes or Chances?”. The main issues discussed were energy resources and security in Central and Eastern Europe, investments and European financial integration. Some of the discussions have also focused on economic relations between the EU and Russia.

Mr Raoof was invited by Mr Zygmunt Berdychowski, the Chairman of the Economic Forum Programme Council. The forum hosted more than 1,800 guests from over 60 countries. Several EU Commissioners, including Günter Verheugen, Danuta Hubner and Dalia Grybauskaite attended, as well as Zyta Gilowska, Poland’s finance minister, Aleksander Kwasniewski, former President of Poland and Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic.

This was the third successive year that the KRG took part in the forum. Mr Raoof has been asked by the organisers to host a panel discussion at next year’s event.