He met Dr. Qahtan Taha Khalaf, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq in Cairo, and its permanent representative to the League of Arab States, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, at the Ministry’s headquarters in the Administrative Capital.
Presented Madam Minister, at the beginning of the meeting, congratulated Mr. Ambassador on the occasion of his assuming the position of Iraqi Ambassador in Cairo.
The two sides discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries in various fields, including exchanging experiences. In development projects and urban development.
The two sides also stressed the importance of completing files and memorandums of understanding in preparation for convening the joint Iraqi-Egyptian Supreme Committee headed by the prime ministers of the two countries early next year.
The ambassador stressed Iraq’s desire to benefit from the pioneering Egyptian experience in the fields of infrastructure and housing, and called for enhancing the participation of Egyptian contracting companies in implementing development projects in Iraq, through economic and development cooperation that Both countries seek to strengthen and advance it in a way that achieves the common interest of Iraq and Egypt.