Iraq asks Jordan to resume aviation between them

Iraq asked Jordan officially to resume air flights with it under UN provisions that would allow such activities.

Iraqi foreign minister Mohammed Saeed El-Sahaf said to his Jordanian counterpart Abd El-Elah El-Khateeb in a written message "Jordan is required to open its air space before and to Iraqi air filghts as a main step in breaking the siege."

Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz said in a meeting last month at an meeting in Baghdad attended by nearly 60 Arab and international personalities that the coming steps will focus on urging countries on applying article N 50 of the U.N charter to encourage commercial relations with Iraq and activate aviation companies to resume air trips to Iraq.