BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi sources informed the Saudi daily al-Sharq al-Awsat that "the complications overlapping the Iraqi-Saudi security agreement was solved to permit the exchange of 180 prisoners between the two countries in the coming days".

Iraqi ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ghanim al-Jumaily told the paper that extra efforts were made during the last 48 hours following the visit of Iraqi Interior Ministry delegation to end technical and logistic frameworks to implement the security agreement between the two countries.

This state will permit Baghdad to hand over 62 Saudi prisoners, while Iraq will receive 120 Iraqi detainees.

Earlier, news reported that Saudi detainees in Iraq were suffering torture, which matter was denied by Iraqi Human Rights Minister Mohammed al-Sudani.