Beirut hosts the Iraqi-Lebanese Business Conference

 
10/04/2021

Economy News - Baghdad

The first Iraqi-Lebanese Business Conference kicked off in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Monday.

The conference was attended by the Lebanese Minister of Industry, the Ambassador of Iraq in Beirut, the Ambassador of Lebanon in Baghdad, the Director General of the General Company for Exhibitions and Commercial Services in the Iraqi Ministry of Trade, the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Mount Lebanon and Beirut, and the Vice President of the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce.

The conference, organized by Novelty, aims to organize economic and industrial exhibitions and conferences between the Baghdad and Beirut Chamber of Commerce. The conference works to strengthen the economic role between Iraq and Lebanon and activate the role of the private sector between the two countries to include the commercial, industrial, health, tourism, environmental, agricultural and renewable energy sectors.

For his part, Lebanese Minister of Industry, George Bushekjian, stated that "the conference today in Beirut is the start of a long journey for trade and industry and the development of various fields between Lebanon and Iraq.

Iraq's Ambassador to Lebanon Haider Shaya Al-Barak stated, "This conference is the first of my activities after assuming my duties in the management of the Iraqi embassy in Beirut. The two countries are in more than one field.

In turn, Lebanon's ambassador in Baghdad, Ali Al-Habhab, said that "the aim of the conference today is to gather companies from Iraq and Lebanon in order to anticipate understandings that help develop commercial and industrial work between the two countries."

He pointed out that "work is underway with all Iraqi government institutions and private sector institutions in order to facilitate the work of companies and to find ways that develop and strengthen all business between the two alternatives."

As for Sarmad Taha, director general of exhibitions in the Iraqi Ministry of Trade, he said that "the ministry is working to broaden the horizon of commercial and industrial cooperation between different countries, and today's conference enhances Iraq's role at the Arab level and enhances commercial work between Lebanon and Iraq."

For his part, the Vice-President of the Baghdad Chamber, Raad Kazem Brij, stated that "what happened today today is a twinning and the signing of memoranda of understanding that enhance commercial work between the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce and Lebanon in order to organize joint commercial work and raise the level of trade exchange between the two countries."

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