Iraq: Maliki, Shahristani and talks with France on Majnoon oil fieldnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to have given Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahristani powers to deal with some oil issues and to have asked the Iraqi Parliament’s Oil and Gas Committee for help on some other issues. The following 414-word report tells what powers gave to Al-Shahristani and what help he asked the Parliament’s Committee for. The report also tells how Al-Maliki wants Al-Shahristani to proceed with the talks with France on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Majnoon oil field, signed between Saddam’s regime and French oil company Total.