Ilam to expand interactions with Iraq

Ilam provincial governor has said Ilam has plans to expand cultural and economic interactions with border provinces of Iraq.

Accprding to Mehr News Agency, Mohammad Reza Morvarid who was addressing a meeting of provincial officials in Ilam on Monday told that the province’s high officials had developed plans to promote the status of Ilam’s cultural and economic interactions with Iraq’s border provinces.

The governor said,“Joint sessions with Iraqi officials and businessmen would be crucial to improve the province’s relations with Iraq especially in economy and to find markets for Iranian goods.”

He also pointed to agreements signed on university student exchange programs in different university courses. He added, “The province has high potentials in its universities to host Iraqi students, thus providing grounds for implementing the student exchange program.”

Morvarid also said that Ilam would be a good destination for Iraqi patients coming for treatment and tourism.