Iraq and Iran: The volume of trade exchange amounts to eight and a half billion dollars

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Finance Fuad Hussein received on Tuesday Iran's ambassador to Baghdad and his accompanying delegation.
A statement issued by the minister's office said, "My mosque congratulated Fouad Hussein on his new duties and wished him success and success." He said that during the meeting, the two countries reviewed historical relations and means of enhancing them for the benefit of both peoples. Friendly. "

"Iraq is looking forward to building strong and strong relations with its neighbors based on common interests," Hussein said, stressing that "these relations must be protected 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, which is moving in the light of developments and reality," pointing to "the need to diversify sources of income and not to rely entirely on oil, and eliminate unemployment and rebuild the mind As well as the need to pay attention to the sectors of industry, agriculture, tourism and investment. "
For his part, the Iranian ambassador said that "the volume of trade exchange between the Republics of Iraq and Iran reached eight and a half billion dollars annually," noting that "there are 79 different Iranian companies operating in Iraq in the fields of energy, construction, tourism and infrastructure and the size of projects of those companies reached Ten billion dollars. "

"The number of tourists between the two countries has increased significantly from previous years," Masjedi said.

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