Baghdad seeking to boost industrial ties with Tehran: official

Iraq Deputy Parliament Speaker Humam Hamoudi said his country backs promotion of ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran in a bid to strengthen its national industries.

In a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi on Thursday, Hamoudi added that development of national industries is a priority for Iraq in the post-IS era.

Therefore, any type of economic relations effective in developing Iraqi national industries will be supported by the country, he said.

According to IRNA the two sides discussed cooperation between Tehran and Baghdad with Iranian envoy praising Hamoudi’s initiative for reinvigorating Iraqi national industries and announcing Iran’s readiness for stepping up mutual cooperation in the field.

Masjedi and Hamoudi also underlined significance of a realistic attitude towards mutual cooperation with an aim of maintaining the stability, security and integrity of regional states and countering seditions and foreign plots.

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