Minister of Transport discusses with the International Maritime Organization returning Iraq to the white list

Baghdad-INA  
Minister of Transport Razzaq Muhaibis Al-Saadawi discussed, today, Wednesday, with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization Arsenio Dominguez in London, the procedures for returning Iraq to the white list of the International Maritime Organization.
 
The Ministry of Transport said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): that "Minister of Transport Razzaq Muhaibis Al-Saadawi, accompanied by Representative Zahra Al-Bajari, Head of the Parliamentary Transport and Communications Committee, Head of the Iraqi Maritime Authority Abdul Azim Ghafil, Director General of Ports Farhan Al-Fartousi, Director General of Maritime Transport Ahmed Jassim Al-Asadi, and the Maritime Attaché at the Iraqi Embassy and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Organization Mazin Al-Kaabi, visited the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization in London; to discuss ways to enhance and develop joint cooperation between the two sides."
 
  "The Minister of Transport met with the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization Arsenio Dominguez; to discuss the procedures for returning Iraq to the white list of the International Maritime Organization."
 
  "Al-Saadawi reviewed the advanced stages that Iraq has reached in implementing international requirements in the field of protecting ships and the lives of workers in the maritime sector, and working for a blue environment," expressing his hope that "cooperation between the organization and the Iraqi Maritime Organization will be in a broader field through exchanging visits to specialized workshops, to proceed with implementing all international requirements."
The Minister of Transport extended an invitation to the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization to visit Iraq and see the Iraqi maritime sector, while Dominguez appreciated the efforts of the Ministry of Transport to re-include Iraq in the white list of member states of the International Maritime Organization," stressing, "to respond to the invitation to visit Iraq, early next year."