Iraq oil minister expects deal to up oil exports

Newly-appointed Iraqi Minister of Oil Ihsan Ismaeel poses for a picture at the Basra Oil Company in Iraq's southern port city, on May 9, 2020. (File/AFP)

• The agency was quoting the minister’s comments to state-owned newspaper Al-Sabah

CAIRO: Iraq’s oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar expects an agreement with the OPEC+ group to increase Iraq’s crude oil exports, state news agency INA cited him as saying on Thursday.
The agency was quoting the minister’s comments to state-owned newspaper Al-Sabah. It did not give more details.