Energy Minister Hala Zawati said the shipments -- under a deal struck in February for deliveries by truck of 10,000 barrels of Iraqi crude per day -- would cover seven percent of Jordan's daily needs.
The Iraqi crude is being brought in via the Turaibil-Karameh crossing, the sole border post between the two Arab states that was closed for three years until 2017, when the jihadists were defeated in Iraq.
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