More Than 100 Turkish Firms To Attend 35th International Baghdad Fair

BAGDAT - A total of 104 Turkish companies will take part in the 35th International Baghdad Fair which will be opened on November 1 in Baghdad, Iraq.
A delegation headed by Foreign Trade Deputy Undersecretary Baki Alkacar and a group of media representatives arrived on Thursday in Baghdad.
The delegation will meet with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al- Azzawi, Trade Minister Dr. Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih, Oil Minister Dr. Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi and Industry Minister Muyassar Raja Shallah al-Tikriti and will proceed to Damascus on November 2.
A total of 1200 Arabian and international companies will attend the fair, while 95 German, 86 French, 50 Russian, 50 Iranian, 43 Spanish, 25 Italian and ten Australian firms which are experts in food, medicine, communication, oil and industry sectors will also take part in the exposition.
Trade Minister Mahdi al-Salih said in a press conference that companies from Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Greece, Azerbaijan and Britain will attend the fair this year for the first time since the Gulf Crisis in 1991.