Jordan and Iraq on Sunday (January 27th) announced an agreement to allow Jordanian cargo trucks to cross the border into Iraq, the Jordan Times reported.
Jordanian trucks bound for Iraq have not been allowed to cross the al-Karama border crossing due to security concerns. Instead, goods have been unloaded once the trucks arrived, moved to an Iraqi truck waiting on the other side of the border, and then delivered.
Minister of Agriculture Ibrahim Shahahdeh said the agreement on the new shipping mechanism was reached during a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Khalid Hassani in Baghdad.
The al-Karama crossing is the only border crossing between Jordan and Iraq.
Shahahdeh said agreements also were reached with the Iraqi side to increase the trade exchange and put in place a timetable for the flow of agricultural products between the two countries, the Jordanian news agency, Petra, reported.
