[caption id="attachment_54892" align="alignright" width="199"] Iranian Trade Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh[/caption]

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Trade Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh and his Iraqi counterpart Malas Mohammad Abdulkarim voiced readiness to expand Tehran-Baghdad industrial cooperation, particularly in the establishment of a joint firm in Iraq to manufacture cars.

Nematzadeh suggested the establishment of an auto-making factory in Iraq in a meeting with Abdulkareem who welcomed the plan.


The two sides also discussed boosting ties in building industrial towns in Iraq.


Iran's first Vice-President Eshaq Jahangir and his accompanying delegation are on a three-day visit to Iraq at the invitation of Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi.


Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, during the 2003 US invasion of the Muslim country.


By Fars News Agency