Kurdish region PM Barzani says “progress” on Iraq oil law…

Iraq's Kurdish region leader said talks in Baghdad on key controversial issues, including the oil law, showed "positive … cooperation and progress," United Press International reports. Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, said in a statement the central and regional governments met in Baghdad "to discuss the mechanism of relations between our two bodies as partners in the governance of Iraq, the advancement of our political process and other various issues regarding the future of Iraq."

This confirms a report last week by UPI’s Ben Lando that negotiations between the KRG and Baghdad are leading to reconciliation of those deals, though there is still plenty of roadblocks to be cleared.