Economic Consortia delegation heads to Iraq to find contacts

The delegation is made up of five deputy ministers from different ministries, as well as representatives of twelve economic consortia associated with 400 companies. "The aim of the visit is to equalize Polish military actions with economic actions," said the head of the delegation, Sergiusz Najar of the Foreign Ministry, who added that they want to meet with the temporary Iraqi officials in order to reinforce Poland's military and political position. "We want the Polish Chamber of Commerce, over 1,300 enterprises as well as several active consortia to have the best knowledge, the best contacts, access to people, to data and procedures within Iraq's economic ministries," said Najar. Undersecretary of State in the Foreign Ministry, Bogusław Zaleski, emphasized that the visit will take place immediately before President's Aleksander Kwaśniewski's visit to the United States, and therefore "Will strengthen the arguments presented in Washington." (Parkiet, p. 6) A.K.