Erbil :On 22/10/2013Mr. Soran Abubakar Aziz, Deputy Chairman of the Erbil Chamber of Commerce and Industry ,has recieved in his office on  Mr. Joko Makinen Governor of Finnish city of  Hankou , who is visiting the region at the head of an official delegation in order to achieve economic and trade cooperation with their counterpart  economic and trade institutions in  Kurdistan .

Mr. Vice- President of the Chamber has welcomed guest delegation and wished them a pleasant stay in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region and pointed out that this kind  of visits would open prospects for economic cooperation between Finland and the Kurdistan region ,and  Kurdistan companies of all  kinds of reference desire to work with their Finnish counterparts, noting that foreign companies eager to enter the market of Kurdistan and especially those that have consulates in Erbil, which so far amounted to more than two thousand and six hundred companies , also gave an explanation for the developmental nature ,which is happening  in Kurdistan and the laws pertaining to investment projects and the intention of the delegation from the Chamber of Commerce of Erbil to visit Finland and Sweden in 04/11/2013 , also touched on ,the last  exhibition of   Erbil international  Fair , its recent number of countries and foreign companies that participated in, then d the head of the delegation thanked, Vice President of the Chamber for the warm reception and said that we are here to look closely at the existing business movement in the region and to get more information and look for business partners to cooperate with them in the future, Finally Mr. Vice- President of the Chamber suggested of the advent of a Finnish business delegation to the region to hold bilateral meetings with traders and businessmen, of Kurdistan.