Shafaq News/ The Chinese Ambassador to Baghdad , Zhang Tao said on Wednesday that the volume of trade between his country and Iraq has exceeded 30 billion US dollars last year.

Speaking at a joint news conference in Kirkuk province with Acting Head of the local government, Rakan Said al-Jubouri ; Tao said at a joint news conference in Kirkuk province that the relations between his country and Iraq have been greatly strengthened in recent years.

He added that the volume of trade exchange between Iraq and China in 2018 reached more than 30 billion dollars.

Tao added that China's investment in Iraq exceeded 20 billion US dollars.