Iran, Iraq sign seven pacts
Tehran Times Political Desk

BAGHDAD - Tehran and Baghdad signed seven cooperation agreements and memorandums of understanding on Monday in Baghdad during Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Iraq.

The Iranian president started a landmark two-day visit to Iraq on Sunday which ended on Monday.

Iran and Iraq signed pacts on a number of issues, including cooperation in education, customs affairs, insurance, and transportation; the establishment of industrial towns; supervision of imports; and the implementation of joint industrial projects.

“We have discussed 20 programs over the course of the visit, and these meetings have been held in a positive atmosphere. We have signed seven agreements today,” AFP quoted Ahmadinejad as saying at a press conference on Monday.

The two countries also plan to sign agreements on the transfer of Iranian electricity to Iraq, facilitating the activities of Iranian and Iraqi businessmen, eliminating double taxation, encouraging investment, cooperation between banks, the construction of the Abadan-Basra oil pipeline, and the construction of power plants in Baghdad, Najaf, and Al Amarah by Iranian companies with funding from the Iraqi government

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