Iraq’s Acting Trade Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani discussed the possibility of buying cooking oil from Armenia instead of Turkey at a meeting with the Armenian ambassador, Karen Krikorian, in Baghdad last week.
An official at the Armenian embassy in Baghdad confirmed the meeting took place without giving further details, Reuters reports, citing the ministry spokesman said.
It comes after a trade ministry spokesman said the administration will gradually cut imports of Turkish cooking oil that it supplies for free to the population under a food rationing programme. The plan came on agenda due to political tensions between the two countries
“The plan is to replace Turkish oil with locally produced oil and oil from other countries,” he said, without indicating the reason for replacing Turkey with other suppliers.