Friday, February 17, 2012 17:01
BAGHDAD / Baghdadiya News / .. Korea and Iraq signed Friday a memorandum of understanding for the political and diplomatic cooperation to frame the bilateral political consultations, capacity building and promotion of training courses.
According to a statement issued by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry received by the agency / Baghdadiya News / Copy, Friday, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari discussed in Seoul with his South Korean counterpart Kim Swank,
The growing relations between the two countries in the areas of political and economic cooperation, investment and military.
The statement said that "Zebari, who heads the Iraqi delegation, met on Friday, his Korean counterpart and discussed with him the possibility of helping to secure Iraq to the needs of South Korea's oil supplies and expand the participation of Korean companies in the fields of energy and investment in major projects such as building residential complexes and the establishment of plant iron and steel in Basra and plants power generation. "
The statement added, "it was during the talks through the exchange of views on the latest developments in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf and the situation in Syria and the Arab states, which saw revolutions for democratic change."
The statement continued, had been signed at the conclusion of the talks and the foreign ministers of the two countries a memorandum of understanding for the political and diplomatic cooperation to frame the bilateral political consultations on issues of common global and exchange of experiences, capacity building and promotion of training courses and diplomatic training.
I had Jonk-bak President of the Republic received the Korean Zebari and his accompanying delegation at the presidential palace during which they discussed bilateral relations and the vision for the security of Iraq and the Gulf region and the developments of the spring revolutions in a number of Arab brotherly countries.
The delegation included the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Dr. Sami al-Araji, Chairman of the National Investment and Head of Asia, and Iraq's ambassador in Seoul and the Director of the Office of the Minister / End / 21.
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