The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, chaired today, Sunday, a meeting with the delegation of the Kurdistan region, after the decision of the International Tribunal.

The Ministry said in a statement that “the Oil Minister held a meeting with the region’s delegation, which included the Minister of Natural Resources, Kamal Muhammad, the head of the regional cabinet office, Omid Sabah, and the head of the regional government’s representative in Baghdad, Fares Issa.”

It explained, “The new mechanisms and data for the region’s exports were discussed after the decision issued by the Arbitral Tribunal of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris last Thursday, March 23, 2023 in the arbitration case filed by Iraq against Turkey for its violation of the provisions of the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline agreement signed in 1973, which stipulates on (the Turkish government must comply with the instructions of the Iraqi side regarding the movement of crude oil exported from Iraq to all storage and disposal centers and the final station).

Source: National Iraqi News Agency