PM: Work is underway to open a direct flight between Baghdad and Rome

Baghdad-INA

 Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi confirmed that work is underway to open a direct flight between Baghdad and Rome. As well as Al-Kadhimi, met today, Friday, a number of Italian companies, businessmen and economists, at his residence in the Italian capital, Rome, which he is visiting as part of his European tour. 

During the meeting, Al-Kadhimi stressed, the Iraqi government welcomes a greater role for Italian companies to invest and partner with Iraq within promising opportunities that are in the common interests of both parties, and on the path to joining development and opening the Iraqi market to integration with the international economy. And he point out, "Iraq is looking forward to expanding the Italian economic role within the current areas of cooperation in the reconstruction of the Faw port and the promising railway project (Basra - Turkey), dam maintenance projects, oil projects, electric power and infrastructure.