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GYUMRI, NOVEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. President of Iraq Abdul Latif Rashid has visited Gyumri as part of his official trip to Armenia.

He was accompanied by Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan.

The Iraqi president visited the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies and then participated in the Connecting Innovations Armenian-Iraqi Tech Initiative which took place in Sev Berd castle.

“We must now look ahead and do everything we can to make Armenia a technologically developed country. I am sure that the further cooperation, also intensification of the political relations, will benefit the development of this area as well,” Khachaturyan said, highlighting the friendship of Armenia and Iraq.

“When there’s an alternative, we become safer, when there isn’t, we are in danger. Let’s use the opportunities that Iraq has. For this, we need to get to know the Iraqi people and Iraqi economy’s demands better,” Khachaturyan added.

 President of Iraq Abdul Latif Rashid lauded the new level of cooperation between the two countries.

“Many Armenians are working in various cities in Iraq, in various sectors, we can have the new phase of cooperation not only on the state level, but also in business sectors,” he said.

 The Armenian President said that all prerequisites exist for strengthening the age-old friendship between the two countries, and that the IT sector can become a new area for cooperation.