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Somalia prepares livestock exports to Iraq

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Somalia prepares livestock exports to Iraq

Somalia and Iraq have agreed to examine ways to increase trade, including by facilitating exports of Somali livestock to the Iraqi market, Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. Ministers Abdisalam Abdi Ali and Fuad Hussein also discussed the agricultural and economic sectors during a meeting held on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, according to the ministry.

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