Burning agricultural crops is a plan to destroy the national product

politics

16-05-2020, 09:54

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Baghdad - INA

The Ministry of Commerce confirmed that burning agricultural crops is a plan aimed at destroying the national product.

The ministry’s spokesman, Muhammad Hanoun, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) today, Saturday, "The aim of the burning operations is to destroy the national product and reduce the marketed quantities and direct Iraq to rely on the marketing of foreign wheat," noting that "the ministry has high coordination with the provinces on All levels to prevent crop burn repeat. "

He added that "the Prime Minister held multiple meetings to support and facilitate the wheat crop because of its economic importance as well as Iraq’s reliance on wheat marketed by farmers and farmers," noting that "the security services are charged with taking proactive steps to follow up the fires as well as the presence of marketing committees in the provinces in order to Preserving wheat and knowing the real reasons in order to take legal measures to limit these operations.