Sulaimaniya, Diyarbakir ink MoU on economic cooperation

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the chambers of commerce and industry in Iraq’s Sulaimaniya and the Turkish province of Diyarbakir to boost mutual cooperation. “The signing ceremony was attended by the chairmen of booth chambers and was held at the headquarters of Arbil’s Chamber of Commerce,” the chairman of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Sulaimaniya, Hassan Baqi Horami, told IraqiNews.com. The MoU aims at establishing strong economic and trade relations between the two chambers. Companies from both cities will be invited to attend trade exhibitions and to exchange economic and trade information, Horami noted. A delegation from the Sulaimaniya chamber will arrive in Diyarbakir to participate in a workshop on adopted schemes of work in the city, according to Horami. Meanwhile, a delegation from Diyarbakir will pay a similar visit to Sulaimaniya, he added. Diyarbakir is the largest city in Turkish Kurdistan. Situated on the banks of the River Tigris, it is the seat of Diyarbakir Province, and has a population of 2.5 million. The modern city of Sulaimaniya, 364 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, was founded in 1748 by a Kurdish prince known as Ibrahim Pasha Baban who named it for his father Sulaiman Pasha. Since being founded as the capital of a powerful Kurdish principality it has grown to about 1,800,000 people. Sulaimaniya, known as Zamwa prior to its founding, is the cultural center of the Sorani-speaking Kurds and an important economic centre for Iraqi Kurdistan. SS (S)/SR 1