Exhibition for Iranian trade, industry in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: The second exhibition for Iranian trade and industry has kicked off in Basra City with the participation of 60 companies, an informed source said on Sunday. “The exhibition includes products and industries in the fields of construction and chemical materials, health and foodstuffs,” one of the supervisors of the exhibition, Mostafa Zada, told IraqiNews.com news agency. The exhibition, held at the Manawi Pasha Hotel, downtown Basra, will last five days, he added. The exhibition aims to boost trade exchange between the two countries, he explained. The Shiite city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1