AMMAN -(Dow Jones)- Former Iraqi oil officials and well-known oil experts and economists will hold a one-day seminar Saturday in Amman, Jordan, to discuss Iraq's controversial hydrocarbon law, an organizer said Friday.
"Some of the articles in the law need either to be amended or explained in a manner that would serve the interest of the Iraqi people before submitting it to the government and the parliament for approval," he said.
"The meeting has no political agenda and it is held under no one's umbrella," he said, adding that it would discuss and review the draft law on a professional and technical manner.
The seminar would be attended by more than 50 former Iraqi officials who are experts on oil, economy and law, he added.
In Baghdad, an Iraqi oil official, close to the committee entrusted with the law said that the draft document should be submitted to the government and parliament very soon.
"The current security plan in Baghdad, which is being implemented by Iraqi and U.S. forces, has forced parties who have disputes on the law to put their differences apart and agree on speeding up the approval of the law," the oil official in Baghdad said.
Senior Iraqi officials called off a key seminar, planned for Feb. 10 in Baghdad, at which they were to announce the completion of the draft law.