Iraq resumes oil exports

The Iraqi minister of state for foreign affairs Naji Sabri said on Wednesday that the operation of Iraqi oil exportation in the framework of the oil-for-food program suspended since the beginning of June were resumed.

In statements to pressmen on Wednesday, Sabri said that oil has started to flow to al-Baker and Jeihan ports on Tuesday, adding that the operations of loading the crude oil started on Wednesday at dawn and shipping process of oil is being made in three containers, two in the Turkish port of Jeihan and one in the Iraqi al-Baker port.