Iraqi delegation visits Geneva to discuss joining WTO

INA – BAGHDAD 
 
Iraqi Minister of Trade - MOT revealed an upcoming visit to Geneva to discuss Iraq's joining the World Trade Organization - WTO, while noting that Iraq needs to pass laws and legislation to support its position internationally.
 
“The Ministry is mobilizing efforts towards Iraq's joining the WTO. The minister and at the head of a government delegation will go to Geneva next week to reach an agreement with European trade ministers and European countries in this regard,” said the official spokesman for the Ministry of Trade, Muhammad Hanoun, to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
 
He stressed that "we are looking forward to finalizing the file of Iraq's joining the World Trade Organization soon," noting that "the joining process is complex and has great and many conditions,”
 
"Iraq needs to pass laws and legislation on many topics, including the economy, customs, and other required details and controls,” Hanoun added.
 
He explained that, "The Ministry has prepared an integrated file, and we hope to discuss it with the European side with the aim of joining the organization,”