Deputy Kurdish Kurdistan confirms the commitment of the oil agreement with Baghdad
Deputy Kurdish Kurdistan confirms the commitment of the oil agreement with Baghdad
Friday February 13, 2015 08:30
[Baghdad where]
MP from the Kurdish blocs, Serwa Abdul Wahid, confirmed that the Kurdistan Regional Government is committed to the oil agreement with Baghdad.
Said Abdul Wahid told all of Iraq [where], “The oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil still in force until now , and the provincial government implement what has been agreed upon, “asserting that” a delegation from the Kurdistan region will visit Baghdad soon to complete all the belongings subject of the agreement. ”
Confirmed the MP that “the possibility of the Kurdistan region to export oil is 600 000 barrels per day, but due to a technical fault was this percentage reduced to 300 barrels per day, and generally, the current agreement is that the province exported 600 000 barrels per day, and this is what will actually be implemented this year.”
The governments in Baghdad and Erbil, announced on the second of December last to reach an agreement in relation to oil exports and the region’s share of the budget.
The agreement included the export of the Kurdistan region 250 000 barrels per day through Turkey’s Ceyhan line with the export of 300 000 barrels of the province of Kirkuk fields through the same line, and delivery of their revenues to the federal government, which agreed to turn the Kurdish Peshmerga forces paying salaries as part of the security system Alaracah.anthy 2
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