An Iraqi parliamentarian demands that “free” oil be cut off from Jordan immediately
An Iraqi parliamentarian demands that “free” oil be cut off from Jordan immediately
2023-11-08 02:19
Shafaq News/ Member of the Parliamentary Oil, Gas and Natural Resources Committee, Zainab Al-Moussawi, said on Wednesday that Jordan’s positions are “always hostile” towards Iraq, especially with the official Popular Mobilization Forces.
In a statement issued by her, and received by Shafaq News Agency, Al-Moussawi called on the Iraqi government headed by Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani to stop the supply of free crude oil, and cut it off from Jordan, considering that “they do not deserve any support or even assistance from Iraq, which is facing accusations and a sharp attack on its institutions.” The Iraqi state, including the Popular Mobilization Forces.
Al-Moussawi considered her demand to be a “broad popular call,” noting that “the Jordanian hostile positions are met by the Iraqi government continuing to pump oil almost for free, and supporting their government with our money for no good reason.”
Al-Moussawi added, “The quantities of Iraqi oil supplied via trucks amount to 10,000 barrels per day, representing 7% of Jordan’s energy need, and their prices are 16 dollars less than the price of oil on the global market.”
Al-Moussawi pointed out that “Jordan does not always refrain from showing hostility and gloating over any calamity or affliction that befalls the Iraqi people, and they do not hesitate to heal any problem or catastrophe.”
Activists circulated on social media, video clips in which Jordanian citizens appeared criticizing the sit-ins on the Iraqi-Jordanian border in support of Gaza, as well as attacking the Popular Mobilization Forces and vowing to fight.
In its latest official statistics, the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company “SOMO” reported that the average selling price of crude oil exported to Jordan amounted to $75.5, during the month of last October.
It is noteworthy that Iraqi oil exports to Jordan have risen to about 15 thousand barrels per day, under an agreement updating the previous agreement, which required the sale of 10 thousand barrels per day of Iraqi oil to Amman, at prices about 16 dollars less than the price of a barrel during the month.
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