YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: On September 6 the Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan accepted the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq Roush Nuri Shavais. As reported by Armenpress, the Minister mentioned that Armenia accepts such a representative delegation from Iraq for the first time. “In the framework of the delegation’s visit the considerable part is given to economy. Cooperation with Iraq creates quite serious opportunities for us, as Iraq is our neighbor country and has very significant development programs and I think that Armenia should use this opportunity”, - said Davtyan.

He emphasized that Iraq, being a big country and having a huge market, should raise the interest of our exporters. They should be able to present our products. According to the Minister, these processes have already started and this meeting will open new opportunities for the local organizations and provide our Iraqi partners with the prospect to get acquainted with the Armenia’s economic potentials. “I am certain that our cooperation has quite serious prospects and this visit will largely promote it. We are entering a very serious working phase”, - said Davtyan.

The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister mentioned that the aim of their visit is to develop and deepen the relations between the two countries. “We see that Armenia has an appetence to develop relations with Iraq in the field of economy in particular. Strengthening and development of relations will be for benefit for the two countries and their nations”, - said Shavais. According to him, Armenia and Iraq actively cooperate in economy, tourism and commerce. The Deputy Prime Minister said that getting acquainted with the Armenian economy, they understood that there are quite a lot of potentials and they should use every chance to use them.

“We, the members of the Iraqi delegation, are sure that we can advance in this field and with joint efforts we will create the legal field, where we would feel safe in our countries. We should find the right directions and work in cooperation”, - said Shavais.

On September 4-7 the Iraqi delegation of 35 delegates headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq Roush Nuri Shavais are in Armenia with official visit. The Ministers of Commerce, Health, Agriculture, Industry and Natural Resources, Human Rights and other officials are in the delegation.