Iraqi-Egyptian committee agrees to boost economic cooperation

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The joint Iraqi-Egyptian committee concluded its meeting at the Egyptian foreign ministry building by drafting a group of memorandum of understandings and agreeing to support cooperation in various domains, according to al-Ahram newspaper on Friday. “Representatives of more than 20 governmental institutions took part in the committee’s work to discuss means to develop and strengthen ties,” the daily said. “The meeting is a preparatory step of the first meeting of the committee under the foreign ministers of the two countries,” it added. “The meeting was attended by a high-level delegation, including 35 officials headed by Undersecretary of foreign Affairs, Ambassador Labied Abbawi,” it reported. SH (P) 1