UNAMI welcomes the resumption of oil exports from Kurdistan

Saturday, September 15 / September 2012 16:31

[Baghdad - where]

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Mr. Martin Kobler, today announcing an agreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the central government to resume oil exports from the Kurdistan region.

Said Kuebler in a statement received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of "Iraq needs security investment, and I hope that the solution to this dispute long-term will open the way for final approval and adoption of legislation oil and gas much needed by the Iraqi Council of Representatives.

He added that according to the provisions of this Agreement, will also be released for payments for energy investors, noting that Iraq is now the second largest oil producer in OPEC and the oil industry is the mainstay of the Iraqi economy.

Kobler said the UNAMI now an internal task force was set up recently are ready to do the role of a neutral facilitator and provide support to the Iraqi authorities in the oil and gas program. / End


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