Jordanian prime minister is to visit Baghdad soon

Jordanian sources said the prime minister Ali Abu Raghab is to head to Iraq in the coming week on board of a Jordanian airliner affiliated to the Jordanian royal airlines to become the first Arab official of such a rank to visit Baghdad since the second Gulf War and that the visit will form a beginning for systematic weekly air flights between Amman and Baghdad.

Jordan was the first Arab states to violate the imposed air embargo on Iraq when a Jordanian airliner landed in Saddam international airport last September the 28th with some Jordanian, journalists, doctors and officials on board.

Jordan hopes reaching an agreement with Iraq to supply Jordan with petroleum at preferential prices especially after the large increase witnessed in the oil prices in last year.