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Iraq and Syria begin meetings tomorrow to promote trade between the two
25/07/2011 17:35
Baghdad, July 25 (Rn) - scheduled to begin, Iraq and Syria on the meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee in an effort to expand trade between the two countries.
The meetings will start from tomorrow as the date the arrival of the Minister of Economy and Trade, Syria Mohamad Nedal logo to Iraq in this regard.
Syrian minister will be accompanied by seven of the aides and ministers of finance, oil, transport, industry, health and interior, in addition to about 136 businessmen to participate in meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Syrian-Iraqi.
The Director of Foreign Economic Relations and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade Hashim Mohammed Hatem told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) logo to visit aimed at strengthening commercial cooperation between the two countries.
It is expected that the visit will last about three days, during which Syrian officials are trying to address the obstacles to the promotion of trade between the two countries.
Iraq seeks to open multiple investment areas with the regional countries that have participants with economic, including Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Egypt and other countries.
Hatem pointed out that Iraq is working on coordination with the Syrian side to activate the joint memoranda of understanding.
The continuation of this round of talks held by the Business Council, the Syrian-Iraqi in Baghdad, the end of June last.
Iraq represents an important trade partner of Syria, in terms of volume of trade amounting to about three billion dollars, mostly to Syria.
And visited the Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem at the beginning of June last at the head of Baghdad's high-level delegation met with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who called for the revitalization of economic cooperation and trade exchange in the interest of the two countries.
After this visit, made a few days between the two countries economic leap forward through signing a memorandum of understanding dealing with the construction of oil pipeline system and gas to transport crude oil and gas through Syria, the Iraqis, that is to start pumping Iraqi oil by the end of this year.
This is expected to conclude with Iraq, Iran and Syria signed a tripartite agreement to build a pipeline to export Iranian gas to Syria, and from there to European markets at a later stage, in a project described as the largest convention in the Middle East to export Iranian gas.
The three countries have begun talks on the project since the beginning of 2009 and signed by Iran and Syria at the beginning of this year, a preliminary agreement to build a pipeline to transport gas, and formed a working group of the three countries for the preparation of studies on the pipeline.
These developments come after the imposition of the European Union and United States sanctions against Syria, against the backdrop of the events taking place, the procedures followed by the Syrian government enhanced growth opportunities for trade between the two countries.
Among the most important actions exemption Syrian exports to Iraq of the tax and customs to facilitate the activity of Syrian and Iraqi traders in the commodity exchange.
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25/07/2011 17:35
Baghdad, July 25 (Rn) - scheduled to begin, Iraq and Syria on the meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee in an effort to expand trade between the two countries.
The meetings will start from tomorrow as the date the arrival of the Minister of Economy and Trade, Syria Mohamad Nedal logo to Iraq in this regard.
Syrian minister will be accompanied by seven of the aides and ministers of finance, oil, transport, industry, health and interior, in addition to about 136 businessmen to participate in meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee of the Syrian-Iraqi.
The Director of Foreign Economic Relations and the Iraqi Ministry of Trade Hashim Mohammed Hatem told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) logo to visit aimed at strengthening commercial cooperation between the two countries.
It is expected that the visit will last about three days, during which Syrian officials are trying to address the obstacles to the promotion of trade between the two countries.
Iraq seeks to open multiple investment areas with the regional countries that have participants with economic, including Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Egypt and other countries.
Hatem pointed out that Iraq is working on coordination with the Syrian side to activate the joint memoranda of understanding.
The continuation of this round of talks held by the Business Council, the Syrian-Iraqi in Baghdad, the end of June last.
Iraq represents an important trade partner of Syria, in terms of volume of trade amounting to about three billion dollars, mostly to Syria.
And visited the Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem at the beginning of June last at the head of Baghdad's high-level delegation met with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who called for the revitalization of economic cooperation and trade exchange in the interest of the two countries.
After this visit, made a few days between the two countries economic leap forward through signing a memorandum of understanding dealing with the construction of oil pipeline system and gas to transport crude oil and gas through Syria, the Iraqis, that is to start pumping Iraqi oil by the end of this year.
This is expected to conclude with Iraq, Iran and Syria signed a tripartite agreement to build a pipeline to export Iranian gas to Syria, and from there to European markets at a later stage, in a project described as the largest convention in the Middle East to export Iranian gas.
The three countries have begun talks on the project since the beginning of 2009 and signed by Iran and Syria at the beginning of this year, a preliminary agreement to build a pipeline to transport gas, and formed a working group of the three countries for the preparation of studies on the pipeline.
These developments come after the imposition of the European Union and United States sanctions against Syria, against the backdrop of the events taking place, the procedures followed by the Syrian government enhanced growth opportunities for trade between the two countries.
Among the most important actions exemption Syrian exports to Iraq of the tax and customs to facilitate the activity of Syrian and Iraqi traders in the commodity exchange.
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