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Iraqi PM calls on Erbil to honor oil agreement
June 29, 2015
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi called on Erbil to commit to its oil deal with the central government on Sunday, saying that the Kurdish region has not honored the agreement.
In his weekly address, Abadi said that Baghdad is committed to its energy and budget agreement with the Kurdistan Region and he urged Erbil to honor the agreement that would grant it its monthly budget.
Kurdish and Iraqi officials signed an agreement last year by which Erbil would sell 550,000 barrels of oil per day and in return receive its 17 percent share of the national budget.
Abadi’s statement comes just days after the Kurdish government officially halted its oil exports through the Iraqi State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) in mid-June.
Kurdish officials stressed that they had honored the agreement by exporting more than 550k barrels of oil but that Baghdad never sent their dues.
Following the halt in exports—mainly from Kirkuk oilfields—the Kurdish government offered Baghdad two options to end the dispute: Baghdad would either buy the oil from the Kurdistan Region or end last year’s agreement.
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June 29, 2015
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi called on Erbil to commit to its oil deal with the central government on Sunday, saying that the Kurdish region has not honored the agreement.
In his weekly address, Abadi said that Baghdad is committed to its energy and budget agreement with the Kurdistan Region and he urged Erbil to honor the agreement that would grant it its monthly budget.
Kurdish and Iraqi officials signed an agreement last year by which Erbil would sell 550,000 barrels of oil per day and in return receive its 17 percent share of the national budget.
Abadi’s statement comes just days after the Kurdish government officially halted its oil exports through the Iraqi State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) in mid-June.
Kurdish officials stressed that they had honored the agreement by exporting more than 550k barrels of oil but that Baghdad never sent their dues.
Following the halt in exports—mainly from Kirkuk oilfields—the Kurdish government offered Baghdad two options to end the dispute: Baghdad would either buy the oil from the Kurdistan Region or end last year’s agreement.
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