MNA � Deputy Governor of Iran's East Azerbaijan province Ali Jahangiri said the Islamic Republic of Iran will set up a commercial center for domestically-produced goods in Sulaymaniyah of Iraq.

Jahangiri made the remark in a meeting held between Iranian and Iraqi merchants and said, �this Center will be set up in Sulaymaniyah of Iraq by the private sector for selling Iranian goods and products in this region.�

He revealed the acquisition of licenses required for the activity of Iranian center for commercial goods and added, �the center would provide the grounds to be present in other cities of Iraq and also in Syria.�

Elsewhere in his remarks, Jahangiri placed special emphasis on the necessity of boosting trade volume exchanges between the two countries of Iran and Iraq and added, �increased volume of trade has provided a suitable ground for the development of trade exchanges between Iran and Iraq.�

As the two friend and neighboring countries, Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq know each other well, he said, adding, �we hope that this move will be considered a turning point for the resumption of activities between private sectors' trade activists.�