On October 31, 2026, Chinese Ambassador to Iraq Xiang Bo met with Amer Khalaf Al-Fahdawi, President of the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of Commerce, and held an exchange with representatives of the Iraqi business community.

Ambassador Xiang said that China-Iraq cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative had yielded fruitful results and that bilateral relations maintained good momentum. He noted that China supports closer exchanges between the business communities of the two countries and mutually beneficial cooperation to better benefit the peoples of both countries.

The Iraqi side said that Iraq attaches great importance to developing relations with China and admires China's development achievements. It expressed the hope of deepening economic and trade cooperation between the two countries and contributing to further progress in Iraq-China relations.