ISLAMABAD, Jan24 (APP): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari, paid a visit to Baghdad yesterday and called on President Dr. Barham Salih and held a detailed meeting with his counterpart Dr. Basam Al-Zaman Majeed Al-Rubaei, Minister of Labor of the Republic of Iraq.
Means to further strengthen bilateral cooperation for the mutual benefit of the two people were discussed in meeting.
The Special Assistant also expressed keen interest of the Pakistani companies to invest in the reconstruction in activities of Iraq and implementation of measures for ease of doing business especially relaxing visa regime for Pakistani businessmen. The Special Assistant further stressed the need for early finalization of the MOU to meet Iraq’s manpower demand and capacity building needs.
On his part, Iraq’s Minister of Labor expressed his willingness to mutually work towards this end.
This was the first high level visit from Pakistan to Iraq since the coming into power of PTI government and also after the formation of new government in Iraq.
The Special Assistant also called on His Eminence, Ammar Al-Hakim, the leader of Al-Hikma party.
APP/Hamza/Qurat
VNS, Baghdad
