Minister of Planning: Signing an important agreement with Japan soon

Minister of Planning: Signing an important agreement with Japan soon

11/23/2020 13:47:30

Minister of Planning - Signing an important agreement with Japan soon{Baghdad: Al Furat News} Today, Monday, Minister of Planning Khaled Battal Al-Najm received the Japanese ambassador to Iraq, Suzuki Kotaro, and his accompanying delegation to sign an important agreement with Japan soon.
The ministry stated in a statement that Al-Furat News received a copy of it, that “during the meeting, which was attended by the Director General of the International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Planning, Saher Abdel-Kazim, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries and strengthened joint cooperation in the economic, commercial and investment fields.” The minister stressed on “the longstanding relations between Iraq and Japan and their importance in the service of common interests, indicating that the two countries will soon sign a new agreement to frame cooperation with the Japanese Development Agency (JICA), indicating that” this agreement will contribute to increasing the level of cooperation, in various fields, calling Japanese companies to increase the volume of their investments in Iraq, in various development sectors, which represent promising investment opportunities, especially in the sectors of housing, energy, transportation, and others. ”The Japanese ambassador expressed his country’s readiness to increase the volume of cooperation with the Iraqi side in various fields, indicating that“His government provided a lot of support to its Iraqi counterpart in the field of confronting the Covid 19 pandemic, adding that the joint cooperation agreement that the two countries will sign soon represents a quantum leap in deepening and strengthening joint cooperation relations, indicating that there is a great desire among Japanese companies to work and invest in Iraq.

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