“Dictatorship” reported on social networks by the former mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia: “Italy, Spain Germany and even Switzerland are already embassies in Bagdad. Everyone is ‘bombing’ million euros in business. ”
Luís Filipe Menezes In recent months, he has tried to facilitate the approach of the government with diplomats from Iraq and take advantage of business opportunities between Portugal and the Arab country, but Paulo RangelAt the time H, it ended your plan, advances this Friday.
The former PSD president, who currently chairs the Arab-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, would be according to the newspaper to try to create diplomatic bridges between the two countries in an attempt to expand business in Iraqi territory. An important meeting in this regard will have been blocked by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE) half an hour before it happens, according to sources of the CM near the initiative.
The cancellation of this meeting, which was going to be attended by the Minister of Economy, Fernando Alexandre, and Iraq’s ambassador, Adel Alkurdi, annoyed Menezes, who has been constantly complained about “dictatorship”By which the“ mne lamps ”are governed.
“Here we continue with the dictatorship of a foreigner policy that considers Iraq an infrequent state! And the Portuguese entrepreneurs are still sentenced to see the band pass, ”the former account on LinkedIn two weeks ago. “Italy, Spain Germany and even Switzerland are already embassies in Bagdad. Everyone is ‘bombing’ million euros in business, ”he said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to CM to clarify that “there is no obstacle in relations between the two countries.” The President of the Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, confirmed that there was an approach to Menezes to organize a meeting with the president of the Iraqi parliament, but that he would need an authorization from MNE.
Menezes was very indignant with the news: “disgusting“, He wrote this Friday to the newspaper, which he says is” the only value he received from Iraq. “
