Iran inks new cooperation documents with Iraq

More than a dozen cooperation documents were signed between Iran and Iraq in various economic, commercial, cultural, and social fields on Wednesday, Report informs via IRNA.

The cooperation documents were signed in the presence of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani in the Iraqi capital today.

The Iraqi Prime Minister's office, by publishing a statement and photos of the signing ceremony of cooperation documents, announced that these documents are in the fields of training specialist forces, sports and youth, cultural and artistic exchanges and historical monuments, education, media, communications, sending convoys, religious tourism, agriculture and natural resources, post office, social support, training of technical-engineering forces, upgrading the level of skilled labor forces and finally cooperation between chambers of commerce of the two countries.

Heading a high-ranking eco-political delegation, Pezeshkian has arrived in the Iraqi capital to start his first foreign visit after taking office in August.

Upon arrival in Baghdad on Wednesday, President Pezeshkian was welcomed by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani and Iran’s ambassador to the neighboring country Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadeq.

After his formal meetings, Pezeshkian will tour some of the Iranian-run projects in Basra, southern Iraq; then he will leave for the Iraqi Kurdistan region in the north of the neighboring state.