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Jordan premier flies to Baghdad for cooperation talks
Jun 1, 2011, 11:06 GMT
Amman - Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit flew to Baghdad on Wednesday for talks with his Iraqi counterpart, Nuri al-Maliki, on means of boosting bilateral ties, particularly in the economic sphere, officials said.
Bakhit, who is being accompanied by a number of cabinet ministers, is expected to ask the Iraqi government to raise Iraqi crude oil exports to Jordan to 30,000 barrels per day from the current 10,000 barrels to help reduce the country's growing energy bill, they added.
The two countries concluded an agreement three years ago under which Iraq pledged to supply Jordan with limited amounts of crude at concessionary prices.
Earlier this week, Jordan and Iraq signed a memorandum for linking the two countries with a sophisticated rail link capable of handling the growing merchandise between them, as well as carrying Iraqi imports through the Red Sea port of Aqaba.
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