Malaysia for boosting economic relations with Iraq

Malaysia's foreign minister Sayed Hamid al-Bar has said that strengthening economic relations was in the core of the talks he held on Monday in Kuala Lumpur with his Iraqi counterpart Muhammad Saeed al-Sahaf.

News reports quoted al-Bar as saying in a press conference he held after his meeting with the Iraqi minister is that Iraq is interested in buying more " things from us and among things we think they have to look in is the palm oil."

Sayed Hamid added that Iraq also agreed to buy 5000 cars of Bruton Waja type.