Iraqi PM Maliki in France, seeking investment

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Source: AFP

AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris on Monday as he tries to drum up European investment for a country seeking recovery after six years of war.
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Last month, during a visit to Paris, Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi said French oil giant Total had been invited to bid to develop two major oil fields in southern Iraq.

In February, Electricity Minister Karim Wahid said Paris had been asked to help Iraq build a nuclear power plant, three decades after Israeli jets destroyed an Iraqi reactor France had built for Saddam.

Iraq has also ordered French-built helicopters for its armed forces, and Baghdad has made it clear that it wants as much French investment as possible to boost its reconstruction campaign.

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