Arbil economic conference begins in Arbil

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: An economic conference began on Monday in Arbil with the participation of several companies from Spain, Iraq and Kurdistan to boost economic relations between them. Around 50 Spanish companies working in roads, energy, environment, infrastructure, agriculture and construction take part in the three-day conference, in addition to more than 120 businessmen and representatives of companies in Kurdistan region and Iraq. “Spain’s trade volume in 2010 reached 77.7 billion euro, including one million euro with Iraq,” director of Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade ICEX told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The trade volume with Iraq is not enough compared with previous years despite it went up by 50%,” he explained. SH (TP) 666