AMMAN, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Turaibil border crossing between Jordan and Iraq will be reopened very soon, Safia Al Souhail, Iraq's ambassador to Jordan, said Sunday.
"Iraq's Interior Minister Qasem Aaraji visited the crossing border from the Iraqi side on Sunday to check on preparations to reopen the crossing and resume the flow of commodities and personnel between the two countries," she told Xinhua.
The decision on when to reopen the border will be decided by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Jordanian Prime Minister Hani Mulki.
The ambassador added that Iraqi Defence Minister Erfan al-Hiyali discussed the reopening of the border crossing among other security issues with Major General Mahmoud Freihat, Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during a visit to Amman this week.
Also Sunday, the Forwarders Association Owners Syndicate called on all its member companies to reopen their offices at the border crossing as it will be reopened by the end of this month.
In 2015, Iraq officially closed the Turaibil border crossing with Jordan after the Islamic State group controlled some areas on the Iraqi side of the border.
The border closure has caused losses worth hundreds of millions for Jordanian industries and the land transport sector.
