Iraq, Total, Manjoon MoU and Nahr Bin Omar oil contractnote

Iraq and France reactivated their joint economic committee, which held a first meeting in Paris this week. Minister of Economy Christine Lagarde headed the French delegation, while Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahristani headed the Iraqi delegation. The participants discussed several issues, including notably the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between former Saddam’s regime and Total on the Majnoon oil field in southern Iraq as well as a contract for Nahr Bin Omar oil field. The following 437-word report focuses on both issues: the Majnoon MoU and Nahr Bin Omar oil contract and tells what positions Al-Shahristani gave on both issues.