The Ministry of Justice announced on Monday that it had won a $49 million lawsuit in Paris in favor of the Iraqi government.
A statement from the ministry, received by the Iraq Times Agency, stated that it "achieved a new legal achievement on the international level, after successfully winning the lawsuit filed before the Paris Court of Justice by the Gulf Falcon Company, which had demanded arbitration and an amount of $49 million from the Iraqi government."
The Director General of the Ministry's Legal Department, Haitham Mohi Radhi, said, according to the statement, that "the company had concluded two contracts with the Iraqi government in 2000 to operate the air transport sector, but the exceptional circumstances and events that followed 2003 led to the suspension of the implementation of those contracts."
He added that "the company later attempted to resort to international arbitration to claim substantial financial compensation, but the Ministry of Justice's legal team was able to refute all the arguments presented by the company and prove the soundness of Iraq's legal position."
Radhi confirmed, according to the statement, that "the Legal Department made outstanding efforts in following up on the case since the outbreak of the dispute in 2023, in coordination with the relevant government agencies, until the final ruling in Iraq's favor."
He explained that "This judicial victory reflects the competence of Iraqi legal cadres and their ability to defend the rights and interests of the state in international forums."
Iraq wins $49 million lawsuit in Paris
