by Rocky Mon 15 Jul 2024, 5:59 pm
July 15, 2024GenevaMinister of Trade Athir Dawood Al-Ghariri, head of the Iraqi team concerned with joining the World Trade Organization, announced to... ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
July 15, 2024 Geneva Minister of Trade Athir Dawood Al-Ghariri, head of the Iraqi team concerned with joining the World Trade Organization, announced today, Monday, the start of preliminary meetings to negotiate Iraq's accession to the World Trade Organization after a hiatus that lasted for more than 16 years. The Director General of the Foreign Economic Relations Department at the Ministry, Riyadh Fakher Al-Hashemi, explained in a statement received by “Iraq News” that “the Iraqi negotiating teams began their preparatory meetings at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, in preparation for the third meeting of the working group on Iraq’s accession.” The statement added that "the first preparatory meeting was held at the organization's headquarters with the Director of the Accession Department and the organization's experts in goods, services and intellectual property, headed by the Director General of the Economic Relations Department, and with the membership of negotiators representing the Iraqi ministries and the Kurdistan Region, to discuss the most important files and documents submitted by Iraq in the previous stage." The statement indicated that "the third official meeting of the working group, which will be headed by the Minister of Trade representing Iraq, will witness a review of the files and documents completed by the National Committee concerned with accession headed by the Minister of Trade." He stressed that "this is the first time that the Iraqi negotiating team has reached this level of experience in the field of negotiation, which reflects the development of their capabilities and efficiency in dealing with complex issues related to membership in the World Trade Organization. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They are in preparation for this weeks meeting already in Geneva. Iraq has reached a higher level in the field of negotiations and their development upto today, has been good, as their efficiency in dealing with complex negotiation issues have shown what appears to be signficant improvement to the level to which they are now and for the first time. Lets just see how formal and historic this meeting on the 18th of July, 2024 turns out to be. Things look very promising indeed. imo ~ MM | | | |
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