Al-Ghadhban: Iraq will sell oil barrels to Jordan at $ 50, not $ 18

Baghdad - INA

Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil Thamer Abbas Al-Ghadhban said that the Iraqi-Jordanian relations witnessed a clear development after the formation of the new government starting from the visit of President Barham Saleh to Amman on November 15, 2018.

He added that King Abdullah bin Hussein's visit to Baghdad on January 14, 2019, preceded by the official working visit of the Jordanian Prime Minister to Baghdad, Omar al-Razzaz on December 29, 2018 and meeting with the Prime Minister of Iraq, Adel Abdul Mahdi, which resulted in a joint statement in which both sides expressed the desire In developing their relations in the political, security and economic fields"This was followed by the visit of a high-level delegation to Baghdad headed by Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Rajai Al-Muasher to finalize the second meeting of February, which was agreed upon by the two sides, he said.

The meetings resulted in the signing of a comprehensive report to implement what was agreed upon in the joint statement, which dealt with areas of cooperation in several sectors, including the industry and trade sector, where agreed on the necessary procedures for the establishment of a joint industrial zone on the border.

In the transport sector, the two sides agreed to open the border crossings and the movement of trucks from the source to the site in the other country without unloading at the border. The Jordanian authorities have reduced the fees on goods from Aqaba to Iraq by 75%, in addition to cooperation between Iraqi Airways And Royal Jordanian