Iranian knowledge-based companies should be present in Iraq’s Kirkuk province to develop trade relations, Saeed Al-Dhakerin, broker of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund in Iraq, has said.
He made the remarks in the 23rd "Sundays for Exports" event of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund (held to help expand the international market for the goods and services of domestic knowledge-based companies).
In this event, a business delegation from the target business markets will meet with these firms, will explain the possibilities and opportunities of their presence in the target country market.
One of the ways to develop trade relations between the two countries is to hold exhibitions, and we intend to open the first permanent Iranian exhibition in Kirkuk, he added.
Knowledge-based firms active in the fields of agriculture, oil, gas, and petrochemicals, machinery, etc. can be present in Kirkuk to develop their international market, he highlighted.
Referring to the establishment of a permanent Iranian exhibition in Sulaymaniyah city in January 2022, Al-Dhakerin stated that Iranian knowledge-based companies can participate in this exhibition to cooperate in various fields of technology.
Consul General of Iran in Iraq Mehdi Shoushtari considered Kirkuk province as one of the most important provinces in Iraq in terms of having huge gas and oil resources and said that this province can create a privileged position in the relations between the two countries and create good opportunities for trade relations.
He further suggested that Iranian knowledge-based companies in the fields of energy, oil and gas, petrochemicals, agriculture, medicine and medical equipment, construction, and industry, can negotiate with the Iraqi parties and use the capacity of cooperation between the two sides.
Shoushtari also announced the presence of 30 knowledge-based firms in the permanent exhibition of Iran in Sulaymaniyah.