{"id":168,"date":"2026-10-16T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/kurdistan-delegation-sri-lanka-business-body-discuss-expanding-trade-beyond-tea\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:49:29","slug":"kurdistan-delegation-sri-lanka-business-body-discuss-expanding-trade-beyond-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/kurdistan-delegation-sri-lanka-business-body-discuss-expanding-trade-beyond-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurdistan delegation, Sri Lanka business body discuss expanding trade beyond tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ECONOMYNEXT \u2013 A delegation from Kurdistan Iraq visiting Sri Lanka have discussed expanding trade beyond tea to other sectors, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said.<\/p>\n<p>The team, who were in the country to participate in the Sri Lanka Economic &amp; Investment Summit 2026, expressed interest in exploring further business and investment opportunities, the chamber said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscussions covered expanding trade beyond tea, Sri Lanka\u2019s traditional export to Iraq, with potential in food and beverages, agriculture, food manufacturing for export, higher education and tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chamber was committed to facilitating business connections and supporting investment opportunities between the two markets Chairperson Krishan Balendra said. <\/p>\n<p>The team invited the chamber to visit Kurdistan to explore opportunities in the region, identifying opportunities for further engagement to develop new commercial links across several sectors. (Colombo\/Oct16\/2026)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECONOMYNEXT \u2013 A delegation from Kurdistan Iraq visiting Sri Lanka have discussed expanding trade beyond tea to other sectors, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said. The team, who were in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}