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Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry, Khalid Al-Roudhan, with his Iraqi counterpart Mohammad Al-A'ni
BAGHDAD, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- Top Iraqi and Kuwaiti trade officials on Thursday held a second round of discussions on boosting commercial cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
The session was co-chaired by the visiting Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry, Khalid Al-Roudhan, his Iraqi counterpart Mohammad Al-A'ni, officials representing departments of customs, border services, transports, ports and foreign affairs as well as the Fund for Building Iraq.
Top leaders in the two countries sincerely desire to promote the commercial ties, despite some problems, Al-Roudhan said during the session.
The two sides will not ink a full-fledged agreement today due to lack of sufficient time, but they will work out "a road map" for cooperation at these levels, said the Iraqi minister.
Iraq is determined to establish "open commercial" ties with Kuwait, as part of a broad policy with regional states at this level, he added.
Minister Al-Roudhan arrived in Baghdad, on Wednesday, for discussing means of promoting the bilateral commercial relations. (end)
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