Baghdad -Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani sponsored the signing of a cooperation and capacity building agreement between the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which took place at the government palace on Thursday morning.

A statement by the Prime Minister’s Media Office stated that the agreement aims to institutionally develop the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority and provide expertise and support, in a way that contributes to the development of the civil aviation sector in Iraq and the field of air transport.

According to the statement, the agreement was signed by the head of the Civil Aviation Authority on the Iraqi side, while it was signed on the ICAO side by the ICAO’s regional director in the Middle East.

The Council of Ministers had approved, in its Resolution No. (23610 of 2023), the terms of the cooperation agreement with the ICAO, and it had also approved last January the amendment of Council of Ministers Resolution No. (332 of 2019), which included the Civil Aviation Authority contracting with experts from the IATA (International Air Transport Association) and ICAO for the purpose of developing the aviation and air transport sector, developing aviation operations and air navigation services, airport licensing, aviation security and aircraft airworthiness, and vacations for workers in civil aviation and aviation medicine.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency