The Iranian Minister of Energy announces the activation of a "committee" between Tehran and Baghdad that has been suspended for 6 years

by **claud39** on Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:12 pm

The Iranian Minister of Energy announces the activation of a "committee" between Tehran and Baghdad that has been suspended for 6 years

2020-12-29

Shafaq News / The Iranian Minister of Energy announced, on Tuesday, the resumption of the activities of the Supreme Joint Committee between Tehran and Baghdad.

Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian, who started a visit at the head of a high-ranking delegation to Iraq, said Tuesday; The Higher Joint Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation between the two countries will resume its activities during the coming year, after a hiatus of 6 years.

In his statement to reporters at the end of the meeting with the Iraqi Minister of Trade, Alaa Ahmad Al-Jubouri, Erdakanian explained that Tehran will host in the coming weeks the meeting of the Higher Joint Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation between Iran and Iraq. Which stopped for six consecutive years.

He added that a specialized delegation will represent Iraq at this meeting; He should hold constructive discussions with the Iranian public and private sectors, in a way that would contribute to strengthening bilateral relations more and more.

In addition, the Iraqi Trade Minister expressed to reporters his happiness for hosting the Iranian delegation; In turn, he announced that a meeting of the Supreme Economic Committee for cooperation between Iran and Iraq would be held during the next two weeks in Tehran.

Al-Jubouri considered the visit of the Iranian Minister of Energy and his accompanying delegation to Baghdad, as it prepares the ground for holding the joint committee meeting with more success. Stressing that a high-level delegation represents Baghdad in this meeting.

It is noteworthy that the delegation accompanying the Iranian Energy Minister includes officials from the ministries of Industry, Agricultural Jihad, Oil, the Central Bank and the Foreign Ministry in Iran.

During his current visit to Baghdad, Ardakanian intends to hold meetings with his Iraqi counterpart and a number of senior officials in this country. Researching with them on bilateral cooperation and the topic of the joint committee meeting for economic cooperation, as well as issues related to energy and electricity, including Iraq's debts due to importing gas from Iran.

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