Iranian industries fair in Karbala

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Iranian ambassador in Baghdad opened on Wednesday the Iraqi-Iranian fair in Karbala with the participation of 120 companies in different fields. “The Iranian ambassador and consul in Karbala as well as local officials opened the Iranian fair with the participation of 120 companies working in different industrial and agricultural sectors,” vice president of the Karbala council, Nassief Jassem al-Khatabi, told IraqiNews.com news agency, noting that the fair will continue for five days. “The fair is a chance to develop the commercial and industrial exchange and to determine the province’s needs from Iranian industries, mainly in construction, pharmaceutical and tourism sectors,” he said. Karbala is 108 km south of Baghdad.   SH (TP)/SR 595