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Barzani accused Baghdad of threatening companies wishing to contract with the Territory
21/03/2012 15:42:08
BAGHDAD (Iba) .. Accused the President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Massoud Barzani, Baghdad went threats to any company trying to enter into contracts with the region and exert pressure different by, criticizing the failure to forward the draft law of oil and gas, which has been agreed with the central government in 2007 to the Iraqi Council of Representatives. Barzani said in a speech on the occasion of festival Nowruz, "The Kurdistan region agreed on, the month of February of 2007, the draft law of oil and gas to be referred to the House of Representatives," noting that "the agreement stipulates that in case of not passed to the fifth month of that year, shall have the right at the time of the Territory and Federal Government Signature of contracts. " The Barzani, "there is no dispute in this regard in accordance with the Constitution," adding that "oil and gas are the king of Iraq, and Wardathma is for all Iraqis." and criticized Barzani "not to refer the law to the House of Representatives so far," stressing to say, "They in Baghdad suffer madness in the event of the arrival of any company to enter into contracts with the region, because they know that what we are doing is an act unconstitutional. " The Barzani that "the problem does not lie on the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of such contracts, but they will not endure for any development in Kurdistan, and stand deduced from any progress happening where, "adding that" despite the fact that those contracts where the good of all Iraqis, and we are committed to this income is for all Iraqis, they do not allow the arrival of any company here. " The President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq to be there. " the threat of directing them to those companies and exert pressure upon by all means. " The Ministry of Oil in Baghdad, in (17 March current), that Exxon Mobil has frozen its agreement with the Kurdistan on its contracts Alascchavah in the region, while confirming that no decision to exclude the company from the next round of oil licenses which will be assessed by the end of May. The differences that remain unresolved between Baghdad and Erbil on Contracts for the region's oil with foreign companies and on oil and gas law, and although the Kurdistan region began in the first of June of last year to export oil from fields in a formal, but soon stop the export due to differences over dues to companies operating in the oil extraction, and did not continue to export only about 90 days, which has been suspended since September of last year and so far, has resumed exports in early February, following a new agreement between the province and Baghdad to be issued territory one hundred thousand barrels a day. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani revealed on 9 September 2011, a decline in crude oil exported from the Kurdistan region of 150 thousand barrels to 50 thousand through the tube the Iraq-Turkey in the past two weeks, with the student to be a contract in Kurdistan, transparent and not "behind closed doors ", he stressed that those contracts not been submitted to the central government. (End)
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