Lebanese minister of industry to visit Iraq

Iraqi sources stated that Lebanese Minister of State for Industry Nadim Salim will visit Iraq on November 6, adding that this ministerial visit will have an important effect on bilateral relations between the two states.

The sources pointed to the reopening of Lebanon's embassy in Iraq after the arrival of the Lebanese Foreign Ministry's representative, Elias Namman, yesterday to start work on granting entry visas for Iraqis to Lebanon.

Iraqi Minister of Agriculture Abdallah Hamid Mahmud al-Salih opened the second Lebanese exhibition for agricultural and industrial technology in Baghdad with the attendance of Iraqi Minister of Finance Hikmat al-Azawi, with the participation of 82 Lebanese companies and the attendance of 120 representatives of economic organizations.