Iraq, Jordan Affirm The Importance Of Start Working With The Pipeline Between Basra And Aqaba

BAGHDAD / NINA / Iraq and Jordan stressed the importance to start the project of oil pipeline between Basra and Aqaba, which serves the interests of the two brotherly countries. A statement by the Foreign Ministry today said, "Iraq's ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Safiya al-Suhail met the Minister of Industry and Trade of Jordan, Yarub al-Qada in the ministry building in the Jordanian capital, Amman, and discussed with him bilateral relations and ways of developing them in various fields and strive to enhance economic cooperation on the basis of agreements and bilateral memoranda of understanding signed between the two brotherly countries. The two sides stressed, during the meeting, "the importance of start working with the pipeline project between Basra and Aqaba, which serves the interests of the two brotherly countries and work to enhance the trade movement between them by using the land route and secure the necessary protection. / End