CAIRO - Iraq's oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar met the chief executive of Total, Patrick Pouyanne, and discussed Total's contribution to developing the Akkas and Mansuriya gas fields, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Abdul Jabbar and Pouyanne also discussed Total's participation in associated gas investment projects in oilfields, in the refining sector and petrochemical industries.

(Reporting by Samar Hassan and Ahmed Rasheed Editing by Peter Graff) ((Samar.Hassan@thomsonreuters.com;))