Both sides affirmed that the bilateral relations between Serbia and Iraq are very good, but underlined the need for increasing cooperation in economic area, especially IT and Communication field.

Minister of Communication Naeem Yousir said that during the wars Iraqi tele-communication infrastructure suffered a lot of damage and called Serbia to take part in rebuilding and modernizing process. He said that Serbia, not only as a regional leader, but a competitive player on the world stage, may immensely help Iraq. 

Ambassador Uroš Balov said that Serbia is ready to offer expertise and to work with Iraq through various programs and projects which will modernize Iraq. He said that in past years Serbia made tremendous progress in IT area and E-government and will continue to do that. Up to now Serbia allocated more than 100M Euros for infrastructure investment. 

During the meeting two sides discussed possibilities of Serbian participation in a project of modernization of post office system in Iraq.  

At the end of meeting Minister of Communication Naeem Yousir proposed the exchange of ministerial visits during 2019.