Erbil:On  25.08.2015, Dr. Dara Jalil Khayat  the President of Erbil Chamber of Commerce and Industry , in the presence of a number of members of the Board of Directors of the Chamber, received in his office on delegation from the Japanese JETRO company ,headed by Mr. Massu Goto, president of the company, who is visiting the region to collect information over the commercial traffic , security situation and the investment program in preparation to describe those situations to Japanese trading companies, that are seeking annexation of the Kurdistan Region to countries that intend to invest therein, after Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Mr. President of the Chamber welcomed the guest delegation hailed thier idea and initiative, saying that in the  Kurdistan Region  more than 74 Arab and foreign offices and consulates are operating in the Region , in service of the common economic interests that have achieved a lot of gains to their countries, stressing on  the importance of opening an office of the JETRO Foundation in Kurdistan Region,which is the trade gateway  to Iraq ,  then expand to all parts of Iraq through this  commercial gateway .They had  a positive response by saying that, the Japanese institution in the process of doing this step after studying it, technically and financially.