The sectors of economy, trade, agriculture, transportation, health, finance and energy are expected to start implementing the six agreements reached recently between Jordan and Iraq aimed at activating the bilateral cooperation movement between the two countries. 

The agreements came after the two countries exchanged visits to senior officials, which culminated in the visit of His Majesty King Abdullah II to Baghdad earlier this year, as well as visits to Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz, Speaker of the House of Representatives Atef Tarawneh and ministers of trade and economy. 

The official spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce in Iraq, Mohammad Hanoun, told the Jordanian News Agency in Baghdad the ministry's readiness to provide all facilities for the various sectors of Jordan in terms of trade exchange and transport of goods. Hanoun stressed Iraq's keenness to accelerate the implementation of the terms of the agreements concluded as an important step will revive the economy of the two brotherly countries, pointing out that the Jordanian goods from the private sector began to enter the Iraqi market, while the truck drivers from both countries will soon receive multiple Visa to encourage movement Commercial on the international expressway link between them, which enjoys high protection and safety. In spite of the various agreements, the project of extending the Iraqi-Jordanian pipeline, which extends for a distance of 1700 km through two phases, will extend from Basra to Haditha in western Iraq and the second to the end of the line in the southern port of Aqaba, Iraq is diversifying the channels of oil exports, and Jordan is helping to obtain oil at a lower cost. The two countries agreed to start the studies necessary to extend the oil pipeline. 

According to economic expert Ali Hadi, the project to build the Iraqi-Jordanian oil pipeline "is one of the most important projects that are still inoperable between Iraq and Jordan," pointing out that although the two countries have been legitimized since the mid-nineties to enter into negotiations, "but it needs to be accelerated , And will be the implementation of the project in favor of Iraq, which needs this line to meet any emergency in the Arabian Gulf, where it produces about 3.6 million barrels per day ». 

"Hadi stressed the importance of this line to Iraq," evidence of his recent change in the pipeline from the province of Haditha in Anbar province to Najaf province and then to Jordan against the backdrop of the entry of an organization calling for the province of Anbar and instability, "pointing out that Jordan« has not officially announced steps on the ground to implement the project line Which could help supply Jordan with Iraqi gas in the future. " 

On the industrial side, the media spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Abdul Wahid al-Shammari, said that Iraq's decision to exempt the list of Jordanian goods imported from customs duties "has been activated within the bilateral agreements, and 371 commodities and agricultural and industrial products have been exempted from customs duties. 

It was also agreed to conduct a review process every six months between the two parties through joint committees and the Jordanian side pledged to follow up the factories of the private sector to prevent the importation of any goods from non-Jordanian origin sources, according to Shammari. 

For his part, the Jordanian ambassador in Baghdad, Montasser al-Zu'bi, said that the Jordanian government issued a decision to exempt goods imported to Iraq through the port of Aqaba from 75 percent of the handling fees imposed by the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority to encourage importers to import their goods through the port of Aqaba. 

Al-Zu'bi added that Jordan expressed its readiness to provide all facilities and put all its resources to support brotherly Iraq in the field of agricultural and health in the fields of training Iraqi cadres and benefit from the Jordanian experience in these areas. He stressed that «Jordan with any economic and trade cooperation contributes to the economic recovery in both countries, Benefit the peoples of the two brotherly countries ». 

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