AMMAN –– Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply
Maha Al-Ali Saturday urged the industrial sector to step up visits to Iraq to
enhance economic ties between the two neighboring countries, as part of
trilateral cooperation together with Egypt, to capitalize on opportunities at
hand, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
اضافة اعلان
During a meeting with members of the board of directors of
the Jordan and Amman chambers of industry and industrialists who recently
visited Baghdad, the minister urged them to focus on sending Jordanian
industrial delegates to reach out to their Iraqi peers.
Noting the
recent summits between His Majesty King Abdullah
II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa
Al-Kadhimi, Ali stressed the importance of further work to cement economic
cooperation between the three countries, especially in the industrial field.
She said that Jordanian and Iraqi government officials are
in contact to address hurdles facing trade exchange and simplify procedures for
businessmen and investors.
The minister urged industrialists to participate in an
exhibition of Jordanian products in Baghdad in December, and thanked the Iraqi
government for providing facilities to the Jordan Chamber of Industry by
allocating space at the Baghdad International Fair to display Jordanian goods.
Industrial sector representatives briefed the minister on
the outcome of their trip, stressing the need to increase visits to Iraq as a
key export market for the Kingdom, Petra reported.
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