(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, Feb 20 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Services Khalid Al-Roudhan headed to Baghdad on Wednesday heading an official delegation on a two-day visit to discuss the establishment of a free trade zone.
A ministry statement said that Al-Roudhan will meet with Iraqi President Barham Salih, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al-Halboussi.
It added that the Minister will also hold an open meeting with several Iraqi bodies such as the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Transport, Industry and Minerals, the Central Bank of Iraq, the General Authority for Border Ports, the National Investment Authority, the Fund for the Reconstruction of the Affected Areas and the General Administration of Customs.
The minister will also meet with his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Al-Ani and will hold a meeting with the Union of Chambers, the Federation of Industries, the Federation of Businessmen, the National Business Council and the Economic Council to discuss means of developing trade relations between the two countries, it noted.
The minister is accompanied by an official delegation comprising representatives of several governmental and international bodies.(end).
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