TEHRAN- In a meeting with the Secretary of the Committee of Expanding Economic Relations with Iraq and Syria Hassan Danaieefar, Iraqi Minister of Construction and Housing Bengin Rikani voiced his country’s tendency for cooperation of Iranian companies in renovation projects in Iraq, IRNA reported on Sunday.

During the meeting held in the Iraqi capital, the two sides discussed the present status quo of mutual economic relations, including the possible ways for paying Iranian companies’ arrears, in the presence of Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi.
Heading a delegation, Danaieefar made a three-day-trip to Iraq to confer on bilateral ties with Iraqi officials such as Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and Iraqi Transport Minister Abdullah Luaibi.
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