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Oil-for-wheat deal with Iraq

BAGHDAD, DEC. 26. Iraq and India have agreed to trade oil in exchange for wheat under a long-term accord signed last month in New Delhi, an official newspaper reported today.

The Indian Ambassador, Mr. R. Dayakar, quoted in Al-Jumhuriya, said the accord covered ``the exchange of 35,000 tonnes of wheat for Iraqi crude'' and added that India's annual oil needs amounted to 25 million barrels of oil.

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