Iraqi-Saudi discussions to facilitate transit procedures

politics/Economy

3-09-2021, 16:30

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Baghdad-INA

The Customs Authority announced today, Friday, the launch of talks between Iraq and Saudi Arabia regarding facilitating transit work procedures.

The authority said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "a memorandum of understanding was implemented between Iraq and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the visit of the Iraqi-Saudi Coordination Council headed by the Iraqi Minister of Transport and the membership of the Director General of the General Customs Authority, the Director General of the Iraqi Exhibitions Company, and a number of Officials within the Iraqi delegation.

Furthermore, "The visit was in implementation of the memorandum of understanding established by the Council of Ministers in order to facilitate customs work and work to open the Jumaima border crossing and seek to raise the level of trade exchange through the Arar customs port and facilitate procedures in implementing the transit work."