Oil likely to top China-Iraq talks

Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president, is in Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart which are expected to focus on Iraq’s vast oil resources.

The visit is the first by an Iraqi head of state since the two countries established ties in 1958, state media said.

China is hoping to resurrect a $700m deal to develop an Iraqi oilfield that it signed with Iraq before Saddam Hussein, the former president, was overthrown in 2003.
AlJazeera