The Minister of Transport, Razzaq Muhibis Al-Saadawi, discussed today, Monday, with the US Ambassador, Elena Romanowsky, benefiting from the major American companies to develop the reality of the work of the transport sectors.

A statement by the Ministry stated that: "The meeting focused on climate change, and the Ministry's plans in this regard, by working to find environmentally friendly means of transportation, in a way that contributes to promoting the green economy, which the world has become in dire need of."

The meeting also discussed: the various files of the transport sector, and the possibility of benefiting from major American companies to develop the reality of the work of the sectors, as well as finding mechanisms to enhance bilateral cooperation between Iraq and America in the fields of transport.

Al-Saadawi said: The Ministry of Transport had contracted with the American Boeing to purchase a number of aircraft of different models, and the Ministry also has a contract with the American company GE for the manufacture of engines to maintain the engines of the parked aircraft belonging to the General Company for Iraqi Airways.

For her part, the Ambassador affirmed her country's readiness to support the efforts of the Ministry of Transport in developing its services and benefiting from the technological development in the transport sector in the United States of America.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency