Al-Ghurairi: Iraqi government is determined to increase the volume of trade exchange with Syria
Iraqi Trade Minister Atheer Daoud Al-Ghurairi affirrmed that the Iraqi government is determined to increase the volume of trade exchange with Syria, and to redouble efforts to achieve this goal.
Al-Ghurairi told the Iraqi News Agency INA, commenting on the outcome of the 12th session of the Iraqi-Syrian Committee, which was held over the past two days: Technical committees have been formed between Iraq and Syria that specialize in three areas, and the meetings of this committee came to emphasize the creation of parallel relations based on sustainable development and common interests.
Al-Ghurairi explained that “the committee came out with memorandums related to reconstruction, housing, as well as social care, in addition to memorandums of understanding regarding standardization, quality control, and certificates of conformity,” pointing to “the formation of technical committees in the field of health and higher education, in addition to foreign trade.”
Al-Ghurairi stated that plans and understandings had been put in place to achieve the ambition regarding trade exchange between Iraq and Syria, as it was in the past and at a level befitting the two countries, adding that “the Iraqi market prefers Syrian goods and industry, as they had great weight in the Iraqi market, and work is underway to overcome the obstacles to increase trade exchange between the two countries.”
Yesterday, the work of the Syrian-Iraqi joint committee concluded in Baghdad, headed by the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Dr. Muhammad Samer Al-Khalil, and the Iraqi Minister of Commerce, Atheer Daoud Al-Ghurairi, where the minutes of the committee’s meetings were signed, which includes the memorandums of understanding reached in many areas of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Al-Ghurairi told the Iraqi News Agency INA, commenting on the outcome of the 12th session of the Iraqi-Syrian Committee, which was held over the past two days: Technical committees have been formed between Iraq and Syria that specialize in three areas, and the meetings of this committee came to emphasize the creation of parallel relations based on sustainable development and common interests.
Al-Ghurairi explained that “the committee came out with memorandums related to reconstruction, housing, as well as social care, in addition to memorandums of understanding regarding standardization, quality control, and certificates of conformity,” pointing to “the formation of technical committees in the field of health and higher education, in addition to foreign trade.”
Al-Ghurairi stated that plans and understandings had been put in place to achieve the ambition regarding trade exchange between Iraq and Syria, as it was in the past and at a level befitting the two countries, adding that “the Iraqi market prefers Syrian goods and industry, as they had great weight in the Iraqi market, and work is underway to overcome the obstacles to increase trade exchange between the two countries.”
Yesterday, the work of the Syrian-Iraqi joint committee concluded in Baghdad, headed by the Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Dr. Muhammad Samer Al-Khalil, and the Iraqi Minister of Commerce, Atheer Daoud Al-Ghurairi, where the minutes of the committee’s meetings were signed, which includes the memorandums of understanding reached in many areas of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
NR