Ar'ar border between Iraq, Saudi Arabia opens Wednesday

The Iraqi trade minister Muhammad Mahdi Saleh will open on Wednesday the Ar'ar complex near the borders with Saudi Arabia through which the Saudi goods exported to Saudi Arabia will pass for Iraq, in the framework of the "oil for food" program, besides the two states have recently agreed to establish a free trade zone.

An Iraqi source said that an official celebration will be held at the complex's site which was newly built. The complex is 340 Km to the southern west of Baghdad. It has been closed along the past decade since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and it was decided to re-open it with the improvement of the Iraqi- Saudi relations.

However, opening this border center will facilitate the passage of Saudi products to Iraq which are transported now to Iraq through Jordan.