Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi received an invitation from Jordan's King Abdullah II for the World Economic Forum on the Middle East to be held in Jordan on May 21-23.

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al Jabouri received a similar invitation.

The invitations were handed over by Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ibrahim Saif during a meeting with Abadi in Baghdad.

The meeting took up boosting economic and energy cooperation, particularly the ongoing project of extending natural gas pipeline from Iraq to Jordan.