Iran: We have in Iraq 79 companies and trade exchange exceeded 8 billion

Iran: We have in Iraq 79 companies and trade exchange exceeded 8 billion
 
11/06/2018

Economy News Baghdad:

The Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Finance Minister Fuad Hussein, received in his Baghdad office Irj Musjadi, Iran's ambassador to Baghdad and his accompanying delegation .

During the meeting, they reviewed the historical relations between the two countries and means of enhancing them and developing them for the benefit and benefit of both peoples .

For his part, Fouad Hussein said that Iraq looks forward to building strong and strong relations with its neighbors based on common interests, stressing the need to protect those relations in order to create a stable environment in the region .

He added that the challenge facing the federal government seriously in the economic aspect lies in building a strong and fruitful economic vision and philosophy that is moving in the light of developments and reality. He pointed to the need to diversify the sources of income and not to rely entirely on oil and to eliminate unemployment and rebuild what was destroyed by dark thought. On the need to pay attention to the sectors of industry, agriculture, tourism and investment .

Masjedi said that the volume of trade exchange between the republics of Iraq and Iran reached eight and a half billion dollars annually, and that there are 79 different Iranian companies operating in Iraq in the fields of energy, construction, tourism and infrastructure and the size of the projects of these companies amounted to ten billion dollars .

He pointed to the increase in the number of tourists between the two countries significantly from previous years .

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