Kurdish Regional Government decided to send a committee to Baghdad to settle the oil disagreement between Kirkuk's Kurdish regional government and Baghdad's Central Administration on Monday.
The decision came after the meeting of the five biggest political party representatives where they discussed security, political issues and the dispute with the central government regarding oil exports.
The Kurdish Regional Government, KRG, also decided to continue to support the Central Administration’s Prime Minister Haidar al Ibadi.
According to the statement made from the KRG’s official website, in the meeting that was closed to the press, Nechirvan Barzani said some problems occurred regarding the oil export agreement made with the regional government and Baghdad, but they will do their best to comply with the agreement's terms.
The two sides reached an agreement on Dec. 2 2014, stating that Kirkuk would export 300,000 barrels per day of oil to the Ceyhan port in Turkey. However, the Kurds sent 200,000 barrels of Kirkuk oil to the port for daily export to international markets.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi federal government requests that the KRG supply the outstanding shortfall of 100,000 barrels of oil per day from their own resources.
"The meeting was very positive," a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan told The Anadolu Agency, and added that they are hopeful that the oil agreement will continue between the two sides.
Reporting by Sivan Siddik, Muhammet Kursun
Writing by Nihan Cabbaroglu
Anadolu Agency
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