Iraq, UAE signed joint cooperation agreements

Iraq and the United Arab Emirates UAE on Thursday evening in conclusion of the meetings of the first session of the joint Iraqi- UAE committee on economic, trade and technical cooperation, an agreement to expand their bilateral cooperation especially in the fields of commerce, industry and health.

On the Iraqi side, the agreement was signed by the deputy premier and minister of finance Hikmat Ibrahim al-Ezzawi and on the UAE side by the minister of state for financial and industrial affairs Muhammad Khalfan Bin Kharbash, currently visiting Baghdad.

In a statement following the signing of the agreement, al- Ezzawi said that the coming phase will witness a large expansion in the area of trade cooperation between the two states.

For his part, Bin Kharbash explained that his country is careful to deepen and consolidate ties of cooperation with Iraq in all fields especially after the two states have signed the free trade bilateral agreement.