The spokesman for Sadiqoon Bloc, Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Planning Committee, Muhammad Al-Baldawi, identified two directions to achieve economic sovereignty.

Al-Baldawi stated, according to the bloc’s website, that “Iraq is one of the richest countries, with its economic capabilities and natural resources, which the foreign occupation has exploited and seized.”

He added, “Everyone knows that America uses economic and financial means, starting with the dollar and ending with oil sales, in the process of pressure and blackmailing countries and putting them under the control of the American will.”

Al-Baldawi explained that: “If we come to Iraq and how to have economic sovereignty and control, this goes in two directions. The first is to invest the capabilities and powers available through national companies capable of managing these wealth and establishing gas and oil factories and projects, manufacturing industries and minerals from phosphate and sulfur and other minerals and agriculture as well, and invest them properly.

He indicated that “the other direction is to open the doors of relations with other countries, and everyone aspires to be a partner for Iraq, but the American malicious hands are blocking all these projects, including the Chinese agreement, which all the Arabs went towards, while Iraq went alon at the time of the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi.”

He continued, “We are also talking about energy sources, and we have the possibility to invest in solar energy, and this can be opened with Europe, which has capabilities in this field,” adding, “We also have human wealth and mental capabilities that can be used properly, which will make Iraq at the forefront of the world’s countries in managing the economy and resources and managing the region also.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency