ArmInfo.The third meeting of the Armenian-Iraqi intergovernmental joint intergovernmental commission in Baghdad ended with the signing of a protocol. Following its results, the Minister of Economy of Armenia Vahan Kerobyan and the Minister of Agriculture of Iraq Abbas Al-Maliki signed a protocol on the agreements reached within the framework of a meeting of the intergovernmental commission.
According to the press service of the economic department, during the meeting the participants discussed the prospects for bilateral economic cooperation in the fields of trade, agriculture, finance, telecommunications, high technology, cybersecurity, energy, transport, infrastructure, healthcare, education, culture, sports and tourism.
Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan noted that the meeting was held with the aim of expanding bilateral cooperation, exchanging views with Iraqi colleagues on the possibilities of interaction in the areas of trade, energy, industry, agriculture, digitalization and other areas of mutual interest.
Earlier, in the framework of his working visit to Iraq, Vahan Kerobyan had meetings with the Iraqi president, ministers of agriculture, urban development, housing, territorial administration and trade. According to the RA Statistics Committee data, in January-July 2023, foreign trade turnover between Armenia and Iraq decreased by 15.9%, amounting to $108.7 million. At the same time, a decline was recorded in exports - by 16.2% to $108 million, with a 2.2-fold increase in imports, amounting to $737.6 thousand.
