Iran, Iraq Private Sector Officials Meet in Tehran

EghtesadOnline: The chambers of commerce of Iran and Iraq surveyed ways of expanding bilateral trade and banking cooperation.

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26 September 2018

This was the crux of the meeting between Chairman of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Gholamhossein Shafei and President of the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce Jaafar al-Hamdani at a joint economic forum in Tehran, ILNA reported.

Iraq’s biggest private sector commercial delegation headed by Hamdani arrived in Tehran on Monday for a four-day visit, according to Iran’s commercial attaché to Baghdad.

“The visiting delegation consists of chairmen from 22 Iraqi chambers of commerce and businesspeople active in the fields of plastic products, electrical equipment, real estate, agricultural equipment and general commerce who will be holding meetings with their Iranian counterparts as well as economic officials,” Nasser Behzad was also quoted as saying by IRNA on Tuesday.

According to Financial Tribune, the event has been jointly organized by ICCIMA, the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran and the Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce.