Iraq, Yemen conclude meetings

Sana'a, Dec 29, INA

Iraqi-Yemeni Committee meetings concluded Wednesday its 13th session.

During the meeting agreements covering economic, financial, cultural, scientific and educational fields were signed.

The two sides expressed willingness to activate the Trade Exchange Agreement signed when Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadhan had made a visit to Yemen last August.

They agreed to meet again in Baghdad next year to follow up meetings of the Joint Committee in the coming session.

In a statement to INA correspondent in Sana'a, Head of Planning Committee Dr. Abdul Mun'im Hasan Khattab said that the Free Trade Zone agreement was discussed and it is ready to be signed by Mr. Taha Yassin Ramadhan and Abdul Qadir Bajammal in Baghdad.

For his part, Yemeni Industry and Trade Minister Abdul-Rahman Othman hailed the fruitful results of the meetings in Sana'a. He affirmed the significance to start air flights between Baghdad and Sana'a.