Egyptian PM Heads To Iraq To Head His Country's Delegation To The Third Session Of The Joint High Committee

Baghdad/NINA/ -Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly left Cairo Airport today, Thursday, heading to Baghdad, to chair with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, the third session of the Egyptian-Iraqi Joint Higher Committee, accompanied by a number of ministers and officials.

Counselor Mohamed al-Hamasani, the official spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, said: "The Egyptian Prime Minister and his Iraqi counterpart, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, will hold an expanded discussion session to discuss a number of topics and issues of common interest between the two countries."

He added, according to the Middle East News Agency (MENA): "The Prime Ministers of Egypt and Iraq will also chair an economic forum that will bring together a large number of businessmen in the two countries to discuss opportunities for joint cooperation in the fields of investment and trade." / End