Erbil-On 18/05/2016 The Forum Erbil Chamber and Sannadaj –Iran ,attended by a number of personalities concerned trade and economic affairs, also attended by Mr. Nawzad Hadi, Governor of Erbil and Dr. Dara Jalil Khayat the president of Erbil Chamber , in addition to the members of the Board of Directors of the Chamber, as well as the representative of the Customs and the investment Authority , the Ministry of Agriculture and director of the affairs of the industrial zone in Erbil In the Iranian side was attended by Messrs Abdalmamed Zahedi governor of the Iranian city of Sannandaj  ,his deputy, Mr. Ali Reza Ashtakr ,with a number of members of the accompanying delegation. Tthe aim of this visit is to develop relations between the city of Erbil and Sannandaj r and ways to overcome the obstacles that hinder trade exchange between the two cities .

 Mr. President of the Chamber said in a speech indicated  to the depth of the existing trade relations between Kurdistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran which has reached advanced stages ,well as Iran's role in assisting the Region at all levels, and considered this event the events befor and after a platform to identify Kurdistan companies to  Iranian counterparts, with a focus on the importance of attention to quality of the bridge that reduces the gap between the commercial interests of the two countries. In the word of the governor of  Sannandaj ,  in which he stressed the need for maintenance and work to develop  the relations to serve the economies of both countries by joint cooperation, also pointed to the structural evolution  in the Region  after the fall of Saddam s Regime  in the hope of it that goes on the region towards prosperity and progress and said that the cities of Erbil  and  Sannadaj  both  are  strategically located in East and West Asia.At the end of the word the guest focused  on the sectors that are characterized  by the city , commercially and economically in an agriculture –and food industry .