Iran Stresses Removing Technical, Engineering Export Barriers between Tehran, Baghdad
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s minister of economic affairs and finance emphasized teh removal of barriers in the way of exporting technical and engineering services between Tehran and Baghdad.
Speaking in a meeting with Iraqi Minister of Trade Atheer Daoud Salman Al-Ghariri in Tehran, Ehsan Khandouzi pointed to the progress of the trade and economic relations between the two countries and stressed the need to remove barriers in the field of export of the technical and engineering services.
He also called for developing financial and currency exchanges and accelerating the construction of road and railway projects between the two sides.
Regarding the launch of the Iran-Iraq Joint Industrial Town, Khandouzi said that preliminary measures have been taken by the two countries for the project.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Iran’s minister of economy referred to the development of a railway between the two countries and urged the Iraqi side to embark on delivering the land for accelerating the construction operation of this project, IRNA reported.
Khandouzi also pointed to the high capacities of Iranian technical and engineering companies and stated that the removal of trade barriers in this field can help increase cooperation between the two countries.
The Iraqi minister of trade, for his part, who also heads the Tehran-Baghdad Joint Economic Cooperation Commission, said effective steps will be taken to remove problems in the path of the development of trade and economy between the two countries.
