AMMAN
— Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply and Labor Yousef Shamali and an
accompanying delegation met with a number of Iraqi ministers and officials on
Wednesday to discuss ways to enhance joint cooperation in multiple fields.
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The
meeting was held in the capital city of Baghdad as part of the 29th joint
Jordanian-Iraqi committee, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
Shamali,
who is leading a high-level delegation from the public and private sectors in
the talks, emphasized the importance of implementing multiple projects to
strengthen bilateral cooperation especially in the areas of economics, labor,
and in projects to establish economic estate, launch electrical
interconnection, and build oil pipeline.
In
the capital Baghdad, Shamali met Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, Minister of Industry and Minerals, Khaled Al-Battal,
head of the Iraqi side in the Iraqi-Jordanian joint committee talks, and
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Ahmed Al-Asadi.
Earlier
this morning, Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani received Shamali
and the accompanying delegation.
Common interestShamali
signed a cooperation agreement with the Iraqi minister of labor Asadi in the
field of labor, vocational training and social development.
The
two sides expressed a common interest in removing obstacles in joint trade and
promoting the private sector to take advantage of the available opportunities
in both countries.
The
volume of Jordan-Iraq trade exchange in the first 10 months of 2022 was JD645
million, which represents a 7 percent increase compared to the same period in
2021, according to official data.
Shamali
highlighted the significance of maintaining joint action to increase trade
volume, establish investments in both countries, exchange expertise, and
cooperate in the labor and vocational training fields.
Regional collaborationThe
two countries' governments are working with "utmost seriousness" in
coordination with the Egyptian side to complete implementation of the outcomes
of the tripartite summits, especially in achieving industrial integration and
promoting food security, according to Shamali.
More
than 100 Jordanian businesspeople and their Iraqi counterparts are
participating in the business talks, which are being held on the sidelines of
the committee's discussions.
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