CNBC Arabiya sponsors GIX 2007

Ms Lina Y. Elkurd, GIX Project Manager, commented: 'As the leading business and economic news channel in the region, CNBC Arabiya is the ideal media partner for GIX 2007 and we are pleased to have them as media sponsors.'

Mr. Omer Ghani, speaking for CNBC, said 'We are delighted to be a major sponsor for GIX 2007 and we look forward to the exciting opportunities ahead.'

CNBC Arabiya, the region's first and premier 24-hour business TV channel delivers live, real-time coverage of business in the Middle East. Broadcasting from Dubai, the station's bureaus are located in Riyadh, Jeddah, Kuwait City, Doha, Manama, Cairo, Beirut, Singapore and London.

With its diverse participants, attendants and exhibitors from around the world including ministers, governmental officials and head of NGOs and leading companies, and its rich activities including an exhibition, a conference, bilateral meetings and gala dinners, GIX is a milestone in Iraq's progress towards new business opportunities, it is the first trade and industrial show ever that will be organized by the Iraqi Government outside Iraq; it is housing some of the leading companies in different sectors, paving the road towards coordination and huge investments.