blocked by the world received by red tape but we have also to keep in mind if you look at investment projects investing is something that can only be justified if there s a certain market coverage certainty mond in the market in this i think we have to develop in the first place through trait through project management and then investment in a way for the suit you just mentioned red tape that is also something that the german development minister get addressed at the conference kuwait as well as rampant corruption could the tampa the reconstructing process. the business environment so to speak in iraq has definitely to be improved. there are many issues german companies are facing that starts with the rather cumbersome process for visa approval to travel into iraq there are many bureaucratic hurdles
conference in kuwait and this took place in a hotel in the ballroom was literally packed with hundreds of business people so the interest on behalf business on behalf of journalism is definitely there and iraq definitely has business cases it s huge construction it s on the one hand but on the other hands it s on the third or fourth in the world so there is at least in the long run it will be also revenue to cover part of this ok so there are huge needs no doubt and there is business interest you are telling us but iraqi officials say that they will need some eighty eight billion dollars to rebuild the country right now we are light years away from that what exactly do you think a german companies in particular can do to help i think the germany and german companies have a lot to offer in this reconstruction process precisely because the needs of iraq to brought in social infrastructure are so large. one example of course is power