Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 16
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Iran exports goods worth about $45 million a day and sometimes up to $70 million to Iraq,
Hamid Hosseini, secretary-general of the Iran-Iraqi Chamber of Commerce, said.
Iraqi companies were invited to work in oil and gas fields as contractors, Trend reports referring to Tasnim News Agency.
Iranian companies are participating in tenders on behalf of Iraqi companies and this way participate in Iraq’s oil, gas and engineering projects, Hosseini added.
The Iraqi companies do not have the necessary potential to implement those projects, he said.
Iranian companies can join Iraqi projects through cooperation with them, Hosseini said.
Presently, European and Chinese companies have most of oil and gas projects in Iraq, he said.
Though Iranian companies won the tender, they were unable to operate in this country, Hosseini said.
The agreements must be signed between the two countries in the field of export of agricultural products, Hosseini added.
Iraqi officials would like these agreements to be signed, he said.
But Iranian officials say that Iraqi officials have been invited to Iran, but they have not come, Hosseini said.
It is necessary to pay attention to this issue. Iran wants to export its products, so it should take the first step, he added.
