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Baghdad / follow-up the obelisk: said Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Karim and coffee on Tuesday that Iraq was "optimistic" about reaching an agreement with the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to settle the dispute over Iraqi oil exports.
In response to a question at a press conference in Vienna whether he was optimistic about reaching a tripartite agreement with Turkey and the Kurdish regional government minister replied, "Yes."
He said that to reach an agreement during the month also said the Turkish side, "a possibility."
Iraq also hopes to export 3.4 million barrels per day next year, according to Iraqi Kurdistan and coffee. In November, the country exported 2.38 million barrels of oil per day.
For his part, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz in Ankara Tuesday, "The ball is now in the court of northern Iraq and the Iraqi central government and I hope they reach an agreement, and we receive good news."
Yildiz and Monday proposed a tripartite talks with the federal government and the government of Iraqi Kurdistan.
The local Kurdish government that the quantities of oil and gas produced in this region belongs to Iraqi Kurdistan, the autonomous, and is seeking to sell oil on international markets without going through the federal authority of Baghdad.
For its part, argues the government in Baghdad to export oil without supervision and considers that the energy produced in all parts of Iraq belongs to the whole country.
He said Iraqi Oil Minister located in Vienna to attend the meeting of the Organization of the 164 Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which opens Wednesday he does not expect change the production ceiling.
And yesterday backed the Saudi oil minister to maintain this ceiling to 30 million barrels a day since December 2011.
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