On the 24-th of June In the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russian federation was a very interesting event. There was a Russia-Iraq business forum. The organizers of the event was Russian-Arab Business Council, Russian-Iraqi business council, Arabia Expo under support of the chamber of commerce and industry of Russian Federation, Foreign affairs Ministry and some others governmental departments.

Nowadays Iraq is interested in activating of commercial-economical and in investment partnership with Russian business, increasing of its existence on Iraq market and returning Russian professionals back in Iraq.

Russian-Arabic Business council invited Russian companies, that are considered to be perspective partners of Iraq. Lipetsk pipe company Svobodny Sokol also was in list among all the companies presented. In the name of the company the marketing department head Evgeny Baryshnikov took an active part in the forum. Together with marketing department head another representative of Lipetsk participated in the meeting. It was Lipetsk Chamber of commerce and industry president Anatoly Goltsov.

On the forum Iraq was represented by the president of the federation of Iraq chambers of commerce Jaa'far R. Al Hamdani, vice-president of the Baghdad chamber of industry and commerce Haidar Al Rabali, the first secretary of the Iraq embassy in Moscow Gazi Amer Al Topi, the Minstry of housing representatives , heads of some building factories and other representatives of Iraqi business.

The conference was opened by the Russian federation Chamber of Industry and Commerce director of the department of export links and work with business units V. Padalko and Russian-Arab business councill deputy director V.S. Lutsenko. Iraq federation of commercial and industrial chamber president pointed out historical and friendly relationship of Iraq Republic and Russia and told about interest of Iraq in manufacturing development in the country. The country needs huge foreign investment and Iraq government is ready to protect business on the territory of the country.

The forum came to an end by a series of business meetings in Metropol Hotel. Svobodny Sokol and Iraq part arrived to an agreement to make up an economical partnership. Mr. Al Hamdani personally promised to work on Svobodny sokol ductile iron pipe production spreading on Iraq market and establishing a long relationship of the company and Iraq ministries and companies that are responsible for water treatment service and sewerage systems in Iraq republic.