Iraqi, Australian premiers sign 6 MoUs

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signed with his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd on Thursday six memorandums of understanding in different fields of cooperation, according to a cabinet release. “The MoUs, focusing on cooperation in the domains of agriculture, trade, security, resources, energy, training and research & development, will be implemented during June 2009 at the most,” read the release as received by IraqiNews.com news agency. Maliki had arrived in Australia on Wednesday on an official visit, leading a high-ranking delegation comprising Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Trade Minister Abdulfalah al-Sudani, Industry Minister Fawzi al-Hariri and other Iraqi officials. AmR (P) 1