Maliki received a "positive and convincing" from Obama on Exxon Mobil activity in Kurdistan

Editor: SS Thursday 19 تموز 2012 13:28 GMT
Sumerian News / Baghdad
The Iraqi government announced, Thursday, for receipt of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a letter from U.S. President Barack Obama on the activity of Exxon Mobil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, describing the letter as "positive and convincing," while stressing the importance of company's commitment to its obligations and the recommendations of the Iraqi government and U.S. administration has .

Said a statement issued today by the Office of the Prime Minister and received "Alsumaria News", a copy of it, "Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki received a letter written by President Barack Obama's answer to the letter sent by the Prime Minister on the activities of Exxon Mobil in the Kurdistan region and regions disputed, "asserting that" The letter of response was positive and convincing. "

The statement added that "the message pleading emphasizes respect for the Constitution and laws of Iraq and in the same direction sought by the Iraqi government," reiterating "the need for the company's commitment to their obligations and the recommendations of the Iraqi government as well as the recommendations of the U.S. administration have in this regard to take its proper setting in the oil industry of Iraq."

The statement said that "otherwise the government will take all necessary measures to enforce the law and prevent the company from the implementation of those contracts."

The media advisor to Prime Minister Ali al-Moussawi revealed, in (19 June), Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's move now to prevent the transaction may be between the KRG and the governor of Nineveh, with Exxon Mobil to invest in oil in the disputed areas to maintain, while between that there are documents and information indicating the presence of "suspicious transactions", he stressed that the deal was that it would have serious implications for the unity of the country.

And considered the Kurdistan Regional Government, in (3 July present), that the question of oil, "a national issue," stating its intention to sign more contracts with large companies Exxon Mobil, the level of the U.S..

The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani, in the second of April 2012, that the Government of Kurdistan prevented Iraqis from six billion and $ 650 million during the past two years 2010 and 2011 because of its failure to export oil, and expected to reach the deprivation scores above 2012, the current, as pointed out that most of the oil produced in Kurdistan fleeing across the border and often to Iran, not to fulfill export contracts.

Received the Kurdish government, on the third of April 2012, al-Shahristani as the accusations have to "false", saying it aims to cover up the "deficit," the central government in providing services to citizens, accused the points of an Iraqi did not name the "chauvinism", and then returned and confirmed in the words of Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami it will not resume exports of the region prior to reaching agreement "comprehensive" with the Government Center on the financial dues.

The Oil Ministry announced, in November 2011, the signing of Exxon Mobil six contracts with the Kurdistan Regional exploratory secretly without her knowledge, as warned by the avoidance of the contract signed on 29 October 2010 to develop the West Qurna field.

However, the company confirmed, in the February 28, 2012, that it has signed a contract with the Kurdistan Regional Government to explore for oil in the fields after more than three months of ignoring the questions and the Ministry of Oil Central, in a move that would threaten certainly the company's investment in the West Qurna field, after a series of warnings sent by the Government Central in the event make sure to sign the contract.

And conflict going on for a long time between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government, semi-independent on the oil fields in the north, where Baghdad is a contract signed between the KRG and international oil companies illegal.

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