YEREVAN, 28 FEBRUARY, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan received the delegation led by Minister of Transport of Iraq Baqir Jabr al-Zubeidi. The head of government mentioned with satisfaction that the Armenian-Iraqi relations have been developing dynamically recently and that the high-level reciprocal visits contribute to that as well. The Prime Minister attached importance to the fact that Iraqi Airlines has organized direct flights to and from Armenia, which will bring a new sweep to the development of partnership, including in the tourism sector.

As the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Government of the Republic of Armenia reports to “Armenpress”, touching upon the deepening of trade and economic relations, Hovik Abrahamyan emphasized that there is great potential in that direction and attached importance to greater efforts of the Armenian-Iraqi inter-governmental commission and the expansion of business relations through the organizing of business forums.

Iraq’s Minister of Transport said the Iraqi government was very interested in deepening partnership with Armenia.