Khalilzad: Baghdad may ask the Kurds to accept a confederation after the payment of oil bills
Khalilzad: Baghdad may ask the Kurds to accept a confederation after the payment of oil bills
December 13, 2014, 14:03
BAGHDAD – ((eighth day))
Said Zalmay Khalilzad, former US ambassador to Iraq, said the United States made a mistake by withdrawing from Iraq, in what was considered that the Kurds in Iraq, if they can pay their bills from oil revenues, the Iraqi government has accepted Boutrham Confederation.
Khalilzad said in an extended interview that the United States made a mistake by withdrawing from Iraq, in that it created a vacuum that has led to many developments, including: sharp division in Iraq, the largest in the region and compete to fill the void, and also the rise of “Daash.”
He said Zalmay Khalilzad, “The lesson to be learned is not to leave a vacuum, I hope not to be the new US relationship with Iraq temporary, but based on previous lessons have been absorbed.”
He said Zalmay Khalilzad, said that “the Kurds are looking forward to the relationship between them and Baghdad to be closer to the Confederate government. All part of the states, but each party manages own affairs. Easy to reach this agreement on oil if succeeded. If Kurdistan were able to produce enough oil to pay its budget, then the relationship between the two parties become more pragmatic. ”
The claim about the independence of the Kurds after the oil-sufficiency? Khalilzad said: “We all know that the Kurds feel that they have the right to self-determination, and they said they want to remain part of Iraq under the rule of confederation. If Baghdad stopped paying bills Kurdistan has agree to such a confederal arrangement, but as long as the Kurdistan based on funds Baghdad, it is difficult to accept the latter. ”
Asked about the possibility of the Kurds to fill Khozanthm of their oil? He said “by the speed at which walking on them, that’s a certainty. They can produce 600 to 700 thousand barrels per day during the year, and then will be able to pay their bills, and thus Baghdad become easier, but not easy. ”
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