Kurdistan, Qatar sign MoU

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Qatari government during a visit by an Iraqi delegation to Doha, according to the Qatari news agency (QANA). “The memorandum, signed at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry, concerns means of cooperation between Qatar and the Republic of Iraq,” Qana said. The MoU was signed by the Qatari minister of state for international cooperation, Dr. Khaled Bin Mohammed al-Atiya; and the minister of housing and construction in the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG), Imad Ahmed, according to the news agency. The memorandum covers cooperation in the fields of infrastructure, agricultural development and investment, tourism and aviation, the Iraqi minister told reporters. On February 3, a delegation from the Kurdistan region, headed by President Massoud al-Barazani, left Arbil for Kuwait on a Gulf tour that also included Qatar. SS (P) 1