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Iraq determined to reach oil sale deal with UN
BAGHDAD. Feb 15: Iraq is determined to reach a deal with the United Nations allowing it to export some of its oil in exchange for urgent humanitarian needs and an agreement is closer than ever before. Iraqi rAvspapers said on Wednesday. reports Reuter.
The newspaper Babel, owned by President Saddam Hussein's son Uday, said an easing of UN trade sanctions imposed on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait in August 1990 was imminent.
"Iraq sees 'al-ubur' (the crossing) to the other -side closer today than any time before." it said in a front-page editorial.
"Al-ubur~ is Iraq's term for the partial easing of curbs ■ on its oil exports.
"We are optimistic and determined to achieve our mission." the ruling Baath Party newspaper Thawra said
tn a banner headline.
The government newspaper Jumhouriya splashed on its front-page remarks attributed to Abdul Amir Al-An-bari. who heads Iraq's team in talks tn New York on a UN resolution allowing two billion dollars worth of oil sales over six months in return for food, medicine and other supplies.
"Iraq has come to the United Nations with a determination to carry out its mission." the paper said, quoting Anbari.
Iraq has told diplomats at the UN that a "memorandum of understanding" on an oil-for-food plan could be signed by the end of next week.
Anbari. a diplomat, lawyer and oil expert, and Iraq’s UN Ambassador. Nizar Hamoon. briefed eight of the 15 Security Council ambassadors on Tuesday, all from developing countries.
According to one participant. Anbari said he expected a "memorandum of understanding to be signed at the end of next week?
Iraq's official media also reported on preparations for a possible resumption of oil exports.
They said the health ministry was preparing warehouses for possible deliveries of badly needed medical supplies. •
A land transport company reported on Wednesday that it nad 500 trucks on standby to transfer food and medical supplies from ports in the northern Gulf and Aqaba in Jordan.
Iraqi airways said airports in Baghdad were prepared for the landing of humanitarian supplies.
Ordinary Iraqis have received the news on oil with glee.
Baghdad thoroughfares
and popular markets are crammed with tens of thousands of shoppers every day buying essentials at prices only a few could afford in the past.
In Shouria, the country's commercial hub in the heart of the capital, shoppers beat drums and raise their fists as a sign of Jubilation.
Streets are crowded with cars and people stay outdoors until nearly midnight. Kerb traders in the Palestine and Karrada thoroughfares' stay open until early in the morning.
Iraq’s interior ministry has reported sharp declines in crime, citing the rise in the value of the Iraqi dinar against the US' dollars since the talks started as a main factor.
The dollar, which traded at 3.000 dinars early in January. is now worth about 600 dinars.