Iraq: Shahrastani, Bayati and Japanese oil companiesnote

Japan’s oil and industrial companies are reportedly working to deepen their relations with the Iraqi Ministries of Oil, Interior, Industry and Electricity as well as with the Iraqi Parliament’s committees of oil and gas and of security and defence. The following 363-word report focuses on the matter and tells what the position of Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahrastani and Abbas Al-Bayati, Chairman of the Parliament’s committee of Security and Defence, towards cooperation with the Japanese companies.