The Kurdistan Democratic Party clarifies its position on approving the oil and gas law
The Kurdistan Democratic Party clarifies its position on approving the oil and gas law
7-1-2023
Information / Baghdad..
The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Representative Mahma Khalil, confirmed, on Saturday, that there is a political will to pass the oil and gas law during the current parliamentary session.
Khalil said in a statement to Al-Maalouma, that “the multiple meetings between the federal government and the leaders of the Kurdish parties at the highest levels, in addition to the technical delegations that were held dozens of times, led to the existence of a political will to solve the issue of legislation of the oil and gas law.”
He added, “All the forces of the state coalition are unanimous in approving the oil and gas law and speeding up its legislation during the current parliamentary session, with the aim of ending the problems between the central government and the regional government.”
He pointed out that “the issue of oil and gas will be in the next stage on the agenda of the House of Representatives, and everyone is excited to end this file in the next stage.”
Despite the economic importance of the Iraqi Oil and Gas Law, which has been awaiting legislation in Parliament since 2005, which stipulates that the responsibility for managing the country’s oil fields should be entrusted to a national oil company, supervised by Baghdad, the dispute over the issue of managing the fields of the Kurdistan region Iraq’s oil industry prevented voting on it for many years.
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