Kurdistan awaiting approval Baghdad before the conclusion of energy deals with Turkey

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BAGHDAD / translation Baghdadi News / .. The Web site, the newspaper Trend Azerbaijan in its report that Turkey and Iraqi Kurds have agreed to finalize a comprehensive deal in the field of energy, and they are in waiting for a visit by the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region to Baghdad in an attempt to persuade the central government to grant its approval, according to the newspaper Hurriyet Daily News Turkish.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Nechirvan Barzani held a meeting lasted for three hours yesterday with the participation of Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz to discuss the timetable for the conclusion of energy deals that include an oil pipeline from the Kurdish region to Turkey ready to start transporting oil.

Although the Kurdish side is ready to make a deal of energy, but Turkey wants first approval of Baghdad, the center of the recent rapprochement between Turkey and Iraq's central government after years of strained relations between the two sides.

I have opposed the Baghdad in the past many of the deals by the Kurdistan region with Turkey, which considered it a step to divide Iraq and to respond to concerns of Baghdad, Turkey proposed a formula designed to deposit funds of oil and gas in the Bank continued to the Turkish government as will be agreed quota is 83 percent of the central government and 17% of the Kurdistan region after measuring the amount of oil with a joint committee will also include officials from the central government in Baghdad.

In a recent statement transfer and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz this formula to the Iraqi Oil Minister and Advisor to the Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani, adding that Ankara is continuing to discuss the proposal with Iraqi officials, including Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

Nechirvan Barzani said in his earlier statement that he will pay a visit to Baghdad this week to Baghdad to give further details about the Kurdish Turkish pipeline, adding: "We hope to reach an agreement that can benefit all Iraqis."

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