Iraqi officials to visit Egypt to improve commercial exchange

Three Iraqi ministers are to arrive in Cairo during the current week to discuss activating bilateral relations with their Egyptian counterparts.

An Iraqi diplomatic source told ArabicNews.com that Iraqi Minister of Trade Mohammed Saleh is to arrive in Cairo in days at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Goweili to discuss activating commercial exchange and ratify contracts within the oil-for-food agreement. The source added that Saleh will meet with the Egyptian ministers of petroleum, industry and agriculture.

Iraqi Minister of Industry, Adnan al-Ani will arrive in Cairo to hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Soleiman Reda, to sign a transaction for exporting industrial products to Baghdad.

The Iraqi minister of religious endowments will also arrive on next Wednesday for a conference of the Higher Council for Israeli Affairs, which will last for four days, during which he will meet with Egyptian Minister of Endowments Mohamoud Zakzouk to discuss religious affairs.