AMMAN, July 20 (AFP) - Jordan and Iraq have concluded a series of agreements aimed at improving security along their common border, Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced Tuesday.
"We have asked for logistical help with security as well as the training of officers ... and the Jordanian services have agreed to supply us with information on the movements of individuals across the border as well as on drug trafficking," he told reporters.
The Iraqi prime minister, in Jordan on the first leg of a tour that will also take him to Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, said he hoped these nations would "also provide aid to Iraq."
He said the near daily attacks in Iraq are "a double-edged sword that affects Iraq but also its neighbors, thus the necessity to monitor the border and support Iraq's security efforts."
"The protection of the Jordanian-Iraqi border is crucial and the interior ministers of the countries met to discuss this," he said.
Allawi held a series of high-level meetings in Amman, notably with King Abdullah II, who reaffirmed Jordan's desire to help Iraq.