The Ministry of Oil announced the monthly pricing meeting. The Ministry said in a statement: "Within the monthly procedures followed to determine Iraqi oil export prices, the Ministry of Oil held the monthly pricing meeting." It added: "The meeting was chaired on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil, Undersecretary of the Ministry for Extraction Affairs, Basem Muhammad Khadir." The meeting was attended by officials of the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company and the relevant departments at the ministry's headquarters." Source: National Iraqi News Agency