Kuwaiti Commerce Chamber is trying to overcome the obstacles facing trade with Iraq
Kuwaiti Commerce Chamber is trying to overcome the obstacles facing trade with Iraq
Translated by IRAQdirectory.com - [09/02/2007]
Kuwaiti Commerce Chamber and Industry, confirmed that it is trying its best to overcome the obstacles that stand before the trade exchange with Iraq.
Issam Al-Bahr, member of the Governing Council in the Chamber, confirmed during a meeting with an Iraqi trade delegation that all governmental and non-governmental organizations will seek to overcome all the obstacles facing trade exchange between the two countries.
On his part, the director general of the Chamber, Ahmed Alharoon, said that the Kuwaiti Chamber of Trade and Industry took it upon themselves to achieve this goal in cooperation with the responsible bodies in the State, and that each of the Chamber of Commerce, the Ministry of Internal and the General Administration of Customs were commissioned to organize the transition of goods and individuals between the two sides as a temporary procedure till the bodies responsible for the boundary on the Iraqi side begins work.
Alharoon added: “We believe that these bodies have returned to work now, pointing out that the Chamber is ready to receive any offers from Iraqi exporters and propagate them through various media to Kuwaiti businessmen”.
The Director of Land Customs, Mohammed Al-Sulaiti, said that there has been a political decision taken by the Kuwaiti Cabinet following Saddam's brutal invasion and the liberation of Kuwait preventing the import of foodstuffs from Iraq in order to preserve the Iraqi wealth at a time when the previous regime had no control on the borders or the import and export operations.
Al-Sulaiti pointed out that this resolution protected the Iraqi wealth from consumption over the past years and still continues even today, adding that the Cabinet may reconsider it again if the Chamber pressured in that direction.
A number of Kuwaiti businessmen confirmed the importance of the Iraqi side having a mechanism assures that the imported foodstuffs are free from any radiation might be caused by the successive wars in Iraq.
On the other hand, the Iraqi side confirmed its readiness to provide maximum assurance to the Kuwaiti side, and that local or international laboratories can be selected to issue certificates confirming that the food products exported to Kuwait are free from any radiation.
Members of the Iraqi delegation called on to further cooperation between the two fraternal countries.
