Baghdad and Ankara have agreed to resume oil supplies from Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey Majid al-Lajmawi.
"Turkey and Iraq have agreed to resume oil exports through the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline," he stated, as reported by the Al Hadath TV channel. The Iraqi diplomat did not provide any further details.
On September 10, the head of the Arab Republic's Oil Ministry, Haiyan Abdel Ghani, mentioned that Baghdad and Ankara had not yet reached an agreement on the resumption of oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan.
Turkey temporarily halted hydrocarbon imports from the Kurdish autonomy in late March after the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris ordered Baghdad to pay compensation to Ankara in a proceeding related to Iraqi oil exports. The arbitration process stems from Iraq's claims against Turkey for allowing the Kurdish administration to export oil through the Turkish port of Ceyhan via a separate pipeline from Kirkuk. Iraq has challenged in court the legality of using the pipeline, arguing that the move is against the law. Iraqi Kurdistan supplied 450,000 barrels of oil produced in the region and in the northern fields near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on a daily basis.
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Based on materials from TASS