Iraq and US discuss mechanisms of cooperation in transportation

INA - BAGHDAD 

The Minister of Transport, Razzaq Muhibis Al-Saadawi, discussed with the US Ambassador to Baghdad, Alina L. Romanowski, the mechanisms of cooperation between Iraq and the US in transportation. 

Al-Saadawi received Romanowski at the ministry's headquarters as they focused on climate changes. The minister reviewed the ministry's plans in this regard, by "working to find environmentally friendly means of transportation, in a way that contributes to promoting the green economy, which the world is in dire need of."

During the meeting, they discussed the various files of the transport sector, and the possibility of benefiting from major American companies to develop the reality of the work of the sectors, as well as finding mechanisms to enhance bilateral cooperation between Iraq and US in the fields of transportation, as the Ministry of Transport had contracted with the American Boeing to purchase a number of aircraft with different models. They also highlighted that the ministry also has a contract with the American company GE for the manufacture of engines to maintain the engines of the parked aircraft belonging to the General Company for Iraqi Airways.

In turn, the ambassador expressed her thanks to the minister for the good reception, stressing her country's readiness to support the efforts of the Ministry of Transport in developing its services and benefiting from the technological development in the transportation sector in the United States of America.

She affirmed that the US administration is looking forward to more exchange and close coordination between the two countries.