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IRAQ, SYRIA SIGN OIL MoU


NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iraq and Syria have signed an oil cooperation accord.

The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding that would include a range of cooperation on oil issues. Officials said the cooperation would comprise oil exploration as well as trade.

The MoU was signed during the visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Alawi to Damascus on July 24. Syrian officials said Damascus would supply kerosene, benzine and liquefied natural gas to Baghdad in exchange for Iraqi crude oil.

Iraq has been seeking to revive energy relationships with countries that traded with Baghdad under the Saddam Hussein regime. They include Russia, and officials said Baghdad has reached agreement to review energy contracts between the two countries during the Saddam regime.

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