'Made in Syria' in Iraq
Iraq-Syria, Politics, 7/2/2001

The Iraqi vice- President Taha Yassin ramadan opened on Saturday, in he presence of the Syrian minister of supply and internal trade at the ground of the Baghdad International fair the first Syrian industries exhibition with the participaion of 130 pioneering Syrian companies under the motto " Made in Syria," organized by the Aleppo's chambers of commerce and indusry.

In a statement to the Syrian daily Tishreen issued on Sunday, Ramadan:" we see that the convening of this exhibition complies with the nature of bilateral relations between Iraq and Syria in all areas. Certainly this exhibition is a corner stone within these relations as an economic activity and one of means to support such an activity is the convening of qualitative exhibitions," noting " we see relations between the two countries started to proceed for the better."

On the level of trade relations between Syria and Iraq, Ramadan said:" we basically intend o establish developed Arab economic relations and therefore we call for the establishment of a common maket and economic unity among all Arab states. Certainly there are Arab steps towards Iraq and from Iraq towards other Arab states, formost being Syria."

On the Iraqi side, the exhibition's opening ceremony was attended by the the Iraqi minister of commerce Muhammad Mahdi saleh, the transport and mineral minister Adnan Abdul Majid, the chairman of the planning commission and the chairman of the chambers of commerce federation.

On the Syrian aide the exhibition's opening ceremony was attended by the chairman of the Syrian interets branch in Baghdad Muhammad Hassan al-Tawab, the chairman of the Aleppo's chamber of commerce Muhammad Saleh Mallah and the chairman of the Aleppo's chamber of industry.

The exhibition, however, was held within two main halls each is of an area of 2000 square meters.

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