Al-Ghurairy discussing the promotion of cooperation with US companies that supply wheat and rice

Baghdad-INA 

Minister of Commerce Atheer Daoud Al-Ghurairy discussed with US Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Shea, today, Friday, strengthening cooperation with US companies that supply wheat and rice.

A statement of the ministry, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), said, "The Minister of Commerce, Atheer Daoud Al-Ghurairy, met with the US Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Kevin Shi, and representatives of the US Department of Agriculture, to discuss strengthening cooperation with American companies supplying wheat and rice, and exchanging views on ways of joint cooperation between the two countries." .

Al-Ghurairy stressed, according to the statement, that "during the meeting, they discussed the possibility of providing support to Iraq in the use of modern technology in irrigation and the production of grain varieties suitable for the Iraqi atmosphere and specifications and increasing agricultural yields.", He pointed out that.

He added that "the meeting resulted in" the agreement, in coordination between the Iraqi Ministry of Trade and the American side, to visit a delegation of American businessmen and companies to Iraq during the month of June, with an emphasis on the participation of American agricultural companies.