Syria, Iraq discuss boosting trade

The two countries also discussed cooperation on oil imports earlier this year.
Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar attends the inauguration of a new gas compressor station in the Rumaila oil field near Iraq's southern port city of Basra on Feb. 28, 2021.
Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar attends the inauguration of a new gas compressor station in the Rumaila oil field near Iraq's southern port city of Basra on Feb. 28, 2021. - HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images
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An Iraqi delegation was in Damascus today to discuss boosting trade between Iraq and Syria.

Syria’s Minister of Agriculture Mohammad Hassan Qatana held the meeting with a group of Iraqi business people. They discussed investment opportunities, maintaining joint committees between the two countries and the reputation of Syrian goods in Iraq, Syria’s official news outlet SANA reported.

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