IRAQ AND JORDAN AGREED TO EXPORT 10,000 BARRELS PER DAY, STARTING NEXT JUNE.
THE MINISTRY OF OIL SAID IN A STATEMENT: “THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER FOR ENERGY AFFAIRS, MINISTER OF OIL, HAYAN ABDUL-GHANI, MET WITH THE MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN, SALEH ALI HAMID AL-KHARABSHEH, AND HIS ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION.”
IT ADDED, “DURING THE MEETING, WAYS TO STRENGTHEN AND DEVELOP BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO BROTHERLY COUNTRIES IN THE OIL AND ENERGY SECTOR WERE DISCUSSED, AND IT WAS AGREED TO RENEW THE EXPORT CONTRACT FOR A QUANTITY OF (10) THOUSAND BARRELS PER DAY, STARTING FROM JUNE 2023, FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.”
THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR EXTRACTION AFFAIRS, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE IRAQI OIL MARKETING COMPANY, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT, THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION OFFICE. ON THE JORDANIAN SIDE, THE DELEGATION ACCOMPANYING THE MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES AND THE JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO BAGHDAD
SOURCE: NATIONAL IRAQI NEWS AGENCY