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Iraqi delegation to travel to Turkey for oil export negotiations

PM:04:52:26/03/2023

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SULAIMANI — An Iraqi delegation will travel to Turkey to negotiate an agreement on oil exports following the international arbitration court ruling in Baghdad’s favor over the dispute with Ankara on Kurdistan’s oil.

A senior official in the Iraqi Oil Ministry told Sharq al-Awsat news that the delegation will meet with Turkish energy officials and once again come to an agreement on Iraq's crude oil exports through Turkey.

A source said that the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports will only remain in place in accordance with Iraq's State Organization for Marketing Oil (SOMO) guidelines.

Reuters said on Saturday that ships at Turkey’s Mediterranean Ceyhan port will not be permitted to load crude oil from the Kurdistan Region and Turkey has ceased pumping crude from the Ceyhan pipeline.

(NRT Digital Media)