Shahristani courting IOCs

French oil firm Total will be at a meeting Tuesday of an Iraqi business delegation, led by Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, and French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde.

Aside from oil deals – which Total is angling for in direct negotiations and open bid rounds – the meetings are to cover a restart of the France-Iraq trade commission and water and transport industries, Benoit Faucon reports for Dow Jones newswires.