JETCO meetings attended by Iraqi Trade Minister

INA-  BAGHDAD

 
The Minister of Trade, Atheer Dawood Al-Gheriri headed on Tuesday, the Iraqi delegation to the meetings of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee in Istanbul.  
 
According to a statement of the ministry obtained by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the Minister of Trade, Atheer Daoud Al-Gheriri, headed the delegation of the Republic of Iraq to attend the meetings of the Iraqi-Turkish Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) in its first session, which will be held in Istanbul for the period from the second to the third of December." 
 
The statement added that "the first technical meeting of JETCO was held between representatives of the Ministry of trade in addition to representatives of ministries and the private sector in both countries," pointing out that "during the meeting, they discussed strengthening trade and economic relations and reviewed opportunities for joint cooperation in multiple sectors including trade, transport, industry, planning, and customs, which were included in the draft minutes in a way that serves the common interests of both countries."   

 
The statement pointed out that "the Director General of the Iraqi Department of Foreign Economic Relations Riyadh Al-Hashemi and his Turkish counterpart initialed the minutes during their chairmanship of the first technical meeting in preparation for its signing tomorrow by the ministers of trade in both countries."  
 
The statement pointed out that "the members of the committee from the Iraqi side are representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs, industry, agriculture, transport, planning, finance, border crossing authority, the head of the Contractors Union, the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and the Iraqi Federation of Industries, in addition to the commercial office in Istanbul."