Levon Petrosyan, head of the Middle East and Africa Department at Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, met in Erbil with Safin Dizai, head of the Department of Foreign Relations of Iraqi Kurdistan. The talks focused on prospects for developing trade and economic ties between Armenia and Iraqi Kurdistan.
According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry’s press service, the sides also discussed ways to promote exports from Armenia to Iraq, including Iraqi Kurdistan. They further reviewed steps to intensify contacts and deepen cooperation in culture, tourism, technology and education.
During his visit to Erbil, Levon Petrosyan also held meetings with Peshawa Muhammad, adviser on foreign affairs to the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan and head of the Department of Diplomatic Relations at the Deputy Prime Minister’s office; Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, senior adviser on foreign affairs to the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan; and Sarwar Kamal Hawari, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Those meetings likewise covered the expansion of the trade and economic agenda and prospects for further deepening cooperation.
