Iraq to increase its trade volume with Thailand

The Iraqi foreign minister Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf said on Friday that his country will double volume of its trade with Thailand which is considered one of the main members in the ASEAN ( the Association of the Southern East League).

News reports quoted al-Sahaf who is currently visiting Thailand as saying to the press after his meeting with his Thai counterpart that Iraq will expand its bilateral trade relations with Thailand through exchange and a trade agreement between the two countries.

The Thai minister said that his country asked Iraq to increase the volume of its rice imports to Baghdad according to the oil for food program which is supervised by the UN.

Worthy mentioning that al-Sahaf is currently visiting Taiwan in a visit which lasts for two days and covered Malaysia and Indonesia.