With oil filling the KRG's pipeline to the Turkish border, Erbil and Ankara have outlined a mechanism under which exports could start without Baghdad's approval.
Ankara and Baghdad's top energy officials struck conciliatory tone, but offered few details on how to reconcile over Turkey's solidifying energy alliance with Kurdistan.
In a Nov. 27 meeting between the Turkish and Kurdish prime ministers, the two sides signed several agreements that solidify a major strategic energy alliance.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.
The KRG is claiming Iraq's federal government owes $384 billion in reparations payments dating back to 1963 – a vast debt that it aims to recoup through autonomous oil and gas exports.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.
Whenever the media office of the Council of Ministers publishes decisions of the Cabinet, Beyond the Headlines features a translation from the original Arabic.
Iraq's prime minister and his top energy deputy appear to disagree about whether the 2014 budget law should punish Kurdistan for its shut-in of oil exports this year.
Turkey is building a pipeline to the Iraqi border – paving the way for natural gas imports and marking a step forward in its energy partnership with Kurdistan.
