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Iranian VP to Visit Baghdad Wednesday
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi is due to visit Baghdad on Wednesday to sign a number of agreements on expansion of economic ties and cooperation in meetings with senior Iraqi officials, diplomatic sources announced on Monday.
Rahimi, who will head a senior economic delegation during the visit to Baghdad, is slated to attend a meeting of Iran-Iraq High Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation.
"Mr. Rahimi will leave for Baghdad at the head of a senior economic delegation on July 6 to attend a meeting of Iran-Iraq High Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation," Tehran's Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Danayee-Far told FNA on Monday.
The envoy also mentioned that a number of cabinet ministers are due to accompany Rahimi in the visit, and said, "During the two-day trip, the two sides are scheduled to sign a number of agreements in various grounds, including avoidance of double taxation, customs cooperation, encouragement and support of joint investment and economic and trade cooperation."
"Also during his stay in the Iraqi capital, Rahimi, along with a number of Iraqi officials, are due to attend an economic gathering of 100 Iranian firms and companies active in Iraq," the diplomat added.
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi had earlier informed of Rahimi's upcoming visit to the Iraqi capital.
Salehi, who made the announcement during a joint press conference with his visiting Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari here in Tehran in late June, said that the current annual volume of trade and economic exchanges between the two countries stands at $4-5bln, "while the two countries' capacities and potentials are beyond this level (of exchange) and we hope that Mr. Rahimi's visit would open the way to increase the volume of exchanges to a remarkable amount".
The meeting of the two countries' High Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation will be held on July 6 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Rahimi in attendance.
Maliki has on various occasions stressed his country's resolve to further boost ties with Iran in different fields.
He said in May that Iraq was determined to pave the way for bolstering positive cooperation among the regional countries, adding that Baghdad sought to have an active presence in the region through promoting a new economic system.
Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, during the 2003 US invasion of the Muslim country.
Both sides are working on a series of plans to take wide strides in the expansion of their ties, in economic fields in particular.
Rahimi, who will head a senior economic delegation during the visit to Baghdad, is slated to attend a meeting of Iran-Iraq High Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation.
"Mr. Rahimi will leave for Baghdad at the head of a senior economic delegation on July 6 to attend a meeting of Iran-Iraq High Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation," Tehran's Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Danayee-Far told FNA on Monday.
The envoy also mentioned that a number of cabinet ministers are due to accompany Rahimi in the visit, and said, "During the two-day trip, the two sides are scheduled to sign a number of agreements in various grounds, including avoidance of double taxation, customs cooperation, encouragement and support of joint investment and economic and trade cooperation."
"Also during his stay in the Iraqi capital, Rahimi, along with a number of Iraqi officials, are due to attend an economic gathering of 100 Iranian firms and companies active in Iraq," the diplomat added.
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi had earlier informed of Rahimi's upcoming visit to the Iraqi capital.
Salehi, who made the announcement during a joint press conference with his visiting Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari here in Tehran in late June, said that the current annual volume of trade and economic exchanges between the two countries stands at $4-5bln, "while the two countries' capacities and potentials are beyond this level (of exchange) and we hope that Mr. Rahimi's visit would open the way to increase the volume of exchanges to a remarkable amount".
The meeting of the two countries' High Joint Commission of Economic Cooperation will be held on July 6 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Rahimi in attendance.
Maliki has on various occasions stressed his country's resolve to further boost ties with Iran in different fields.
He said in May that Iraq was determined to pave the way for bolstering positive cooperation among the regional countries, adding that Baghdad sought to have an active presence in the region through promoting a new economic system.
Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, during the 2003 US invasion of the Muslim country.
Both sides are working on a series of plans to take wide strides in the expansion of their ties, in economic fields in particular.
