*********** Iraqi PM confident new oil deal with Erbil can solve pending disputes
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*********** Iraqi PM confident new oil deal with Erbil can solve pending disputes
By Rudaw 31/8/2016
Iraqi PM confident new oil deal with Erbil can solve pending disputes
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Abadi.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar Abadi praised Tuesday "an understanding" reached between his government and the Kurdistan Region over oil exports and revenues.
At a press conference in Baghdad on Tuesday Abadi said the new deal had "laid the foundation to solve all the issues" between Erbil and Baghdad.
Earlier on Monday, a top Kurdish delegation headed by Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met with Abadi in Baghdad and reached a preliminary agreement on oil export from Kirkuk province.
According to the new agreement Baghdad will lift a partial ban on oil exports from Kirkuk and increase the overall export from the province to around 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) from a previous 150,000 bpd. The export will be carried out via Kurdistan’s pipeline to Turkey.
"The oil issue is not a new topic but dates back to 13 years ago. Unfortunately, it has not been solved so far," Abadi said. "But I really hope it will now be managed according to the constitution and the law," he added.
Abadi described his meeting with Barzani as productive and said "mutual understanding" had been reached over "most issues," including the anticipated Mosul offensive.
The Iraqi premier said that "all available Iraqi forces," including Peshmerga troops, will take part in the operation to drive out ISIS militants from the city and "give back Mosul to its residents.”
"Nineveh (Mosul province) will be for the people of Nineveh. It will be run by the local authorities in Mosul, with the support from the central government (Baghdad) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)," the prime minister said, while refusing to set a specific date for the operation.
"We have given the people a promise and try to liberate Mosul by the end of 2016," he said, denying any connections between the date of the operation and the US elections in November.
Abadi said no foreign force will take part in the Mosul operation. He said the existing US force in the Qayyara township near Mosul is a "logistical" unit which will give advisory support to the operation.
Mosul's Sunni representatives, including its influential former governor Athil Nujaifi, have raised concern over possible participation of Shiite militia forces in the offensive, which they say could provoke tensions in the predominately Sunni city.
Abadi said Mosul is multi-ethnic, with Turkmen, Kurds, Arabs, Yezidis and Muslim Sunni and Shiite populations, which he said will take part in running the province after liberation.
The prime minister also was asked about the likelihood of a vote of no confidence in the parliament for the embattled Iraqi Minister of Finances Hoshyar Zebari, who was summoned to the parliament last Thursday to answer questions about the country's finances.
In an interview with the Alhadas daily, Zebari described the plans to remove him from office as "politically motivated" and without "real substance.”
Abadi said he hoped the process was not a "political game" and urged the parliament to resort to its "constitutional rights and frameworks.”
"I am not aware if there are any efforts to withdraw confidence from him (Zebari). According to the parliament charter a no-confidence vote should be initially supported by 50 or more MPs. I am not aware if this has taken place," Abadi said.
"Such processes should take place according to realities on the ground and not because of political motivations. But in any case, it is the parliament that will take a decision and I hope it will not weaken the government," he said.
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Iraqi PM confident new oil deal with Erbil can solve pending disputes
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Abadi.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar Abadi praised Tuesday "an understanding" reached between his government and the Kurdistan Region over oil exports and revenues.
At a press conference in Baghdad on Tuesday Abadi said the new deal had "laid the foundation to solve all the issues" between Erbil and Baghdad.
Earlier on Monday, a top Kurdish delegation headed by Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met with Abadi in Baghdad and reached a preliminary agreement on oil export from Kirkuk province.
According to the new agreement Baghdad will lift a partial ban on oil exports from Kirkuk and increase the overall export from the province to around 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) from a previous 150,000 bpd. The export will be carried out via Kurdistan’s pipeline to Turkey.
"The oil issue is not a new topic but dates back to 13 years ago. Unfortunately, it has not been solved so far," Abadi said. "But I really hope it will now be managed according to the constitution and the law," he added.
Abadi described his meeting with Barzani as productive and said "mutual understanding" had been reached over "most issues," including the anticipated Mosul offensive.
The Iraqi premier said that "all available Iraqi forces," including Peshmerga troops, will take part in the operation to drive out ISIS militants from the city and "give back Mosul to its residents.”
"Nineveh (Mosul province) will be for the people of Nineveh. It will be run by the local authorities in Mosul, with the support from the central government (Baghdad) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)," the prime minister said, while refusing to set a specific date for the operation.
"We have given the people a promise and try to liberate Mosul by the end of 2016," he said, denying any connections between the date of the operation and the US elections in November.
Abadi said no foreign force will take part in the Mosul operation. He said the existing US force in the Qayyara township near Mosul is a "logistical" unit which will give advisory support to the operation.
Mosul's Sunni representatives, including its influential former governor Athil Nujaifi, have raised concern over possible participation of Shiite militia forces in the offensive, which they say could provoke tensions in the predominately Sunni city.
Abadi said Mosul is multi-ethnic, with Turkmen, Kurds, Arabs, Yezidis and Muslim Sunni and Shiite populations, which he said will take part in running the province after liberation.
The prime minister also was asked about the likelihood of a vote of no confidence in the parliament for the embattled Iraqi Minister of Finances Hoshyar Zebari, who was summoned to the parliament last Thursday to answer questions about the country's finances.
In an interview with the Alhadas daily, Zebari described the plans to remove him from office as "politically motivated" and without "real substance.”
Abadi said he hoped the process was not a "political game" and urged the parliament to resort to its "constitutional rights and frameworks.”
"I am not aware if there are any efforts to withdraw confidence from him (Zebari). According to the parliament charter a no-confidence vote should be initially supported by 50 or more MPs. I am not aware if this has taken place," Abadi said.
"Such processes should take place according to realities on the ground and not because of political motivations. But in any case, it is the parliament that will take a decision and I hope it will not weaken the government," he said.
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Re: *********** Iraqi PM confident new oil deal with Erbil can solve pending disputes
Baghdad-Erbil agree to export 150,000 bpd of Kirkuk oil
By Rudaw 30/8/2016865 Views
At least 150,000 bpd of Kirkuk's oil will be exported through Turkey. Photo: Rudaw video
BAGHDAD, Iraq – At least 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Kirkuk will be jointly exported to Turkey by Erbil and Baghdad, sources told Rudaw on Tuesday.
The agreement will mean that 75,000 bpd will be exported by the Kurdistan Region and an equal volume by Baghdad to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, the sources said.
The oil will come from Kirkuk’s Baba Gurgur and Khabaza oilfields.
The oil agreement follows a meeting in Baghdad Monday between Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and Iraqi Premier Haider al-Abadi.
Iraqi oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad told Rudaw that Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali Hussein will visit Erbil soon to follow up on the deal.
The agreement stipulates that Baghdad and Erbil will share the salaries of civil servants in Kirkuk, with each paying half.
Iraq stopped exporting oil from Kirkuk five months ago, over a row with Erbil about Kurdistan exporting its oil independently. That worsened an economic crisis on both sides, whose coffers are being severely strapped by the war with the Islamic State (ISIS).
Since Iraq stopped exporting Kirkuk’s oil, there have been many suggestions of how the cash-strapped province could sell its oil.
According to information that Rudaw obtained from Baghdad, Herro Ibrahim Ahmed, a member of the PUK politburo, had at one point asked the Iraqi prime minister to suspend the export of Kirkuk oil through the KRG’s pipeline through Turkey.
There had been speculation that Kirkuk would seek to sell its oil through Iran. When asked by Rudaw in June if there was such a plan in the works, Governor of Kirkuk, Najmaldin Karim, said, “There is such talk, but I am not aware of its details. Practically it will take two years to build a pipeline.”
According to information obtained by Rudaw, international parties monitoring the political and economic situation in Iraq reportedly opposed selling Kirkuk’s oil through Iran via tanker.
However, because of negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad on Monday, exportation of Kirkuk’s oil through the KRG’s pipeline through Turkey will resume.
Before the talks, Iraqi officials had warned that if the discussions fail Baghdad would consider exporting its oil through Iran.
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