Iraq, Sudan reach oil agreement

Iraq and Sudan have signed minutes to follow up the implementation of a joint oil agreement, an Iraqi newspaper said on July 7.

They said the pact focused on exploration, establishment of refineries and training of Sudanese experts in the Iraq oil industry.

"Iraqi oil minister Amir Muhammed Rasheed and the (visiting) Sudanese energy and mining minister, Ewadh Ahmed al-Jaz, signed the agreement," the government newspaper Jumhouriah (Iraqi) said.

The paper gave no details but said the signing ceremony was attended by the newly appointed chairman of the military industrialization commission, Abdultawab Muhalhawaish and the undersecretary of oil, Taha Hamoud.