It also provides for sending Yugoslav experts to Iraqi research centers, training Iraqi students and experts, and the exchange of information. In art and culture, there will be cooperation in library science, figurative art, guest performances by art and theater groups, and visits by cultural delegations. The program also calls for direct cooperation between Yugoslav and Iraqi news agencies, radio and television companies, as well as closer ties in sport. The Baghdad International Fair 2000, opening in November, will have more than twice as many firms from the United Arab Emirates represented than were there last year. Representatives from some 50 countries are expected at this year's fair.
Participants can bring in goods without being subject to inspection or other customs procedures.
Exhibitors may sell their goods directly at the fair and there will be no restriction on the goods displayed or the participating countries. This is the third stage of the renovavtion. He added that the ministry has made the necessary preparations to paint the domes of the shrine's minarets with solid gold. The session was sponsored by the Human Rights Alliance and France Libertes-Fondation Danielle Mitterrand. She also targeted the UN Security Council for passing resolutions that offered little help or change.