Syrian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sufian Alaw and his visiting Iraqi counterpart Hussain al-Shahristani discussed means of boosting bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas domains, the official SANA news agency reported on Tuesday.
They reviewed the possibility of activating the signed cooperation agreements, particularly the ones of joint cooperation in oil and gas industry, establishing a pipeline to transport crude oil and the principle agreement to link gas networks, the report said.
They also deliberated on the exchange of petroleum products and Iraq's connection to the Arab gas pipeline, which is under construction to transport the Egyptian gas through Syria and Jordan.
Shahristani was accompanying Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who was on his first official visit to Syria since taking office last year. They arrived in Damascus on Monday morning for a three-day visit.
Source: Xinhua
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