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Washington: do not support the province's export oil without the approval of the Federal Government
05/26/2014 14:48
Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for the Middle East and Iraq, Brett Makourk it may not be for the Kurds to sell oil without the approval of Baghdad, noting that this does not mean that we interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq or support the party at the expense of another.
Makourk said in his tweet on the social networking site "Twitter" that "it is not permissible for the Kurds to sell oil without the approval of Baghdad," stressing that "the United States does not support the export of oil from any area in Iraq without the approval of the federal government of Iraq."
He added, "we were informed all parties that any work of this kind creates a lot of problems," he said, adding that "this does not mean that we interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq or support the party at the expense of another."
The Makourk "Baghdad told us that they have to pay monthly dues of the Kurdistan Region of the entire federal budget."
The Deputy Assistant Secretary of State said that "the United States had submitted to the Governments of the Kurdistan region and the federal proposal, requires that the region receives its share of Iraqi oil sales every month directly."
It is said that the United States, refused to support the government step in the Kurdistan region of Iraq pumping oil to Europe via Turkey without the consent of the federal government.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, Marie Harff at a news conference last week, "should be on all parties to the governments of the federal and provincial government, not to take any step regarding the export of oil of the Kurdistan region to world markets via Turkey, as long as those parties did not sit down to negotiate and reach an agreement in this regard ".
She said the U.S. official, "but today we see some taken steps contrary to that," asserting, "We can not support it, we have been very clear in this matter a long time ago," emphasizing the need to "return the parties to the table of negotiations and dialogue with each other in order to to reach a comprehensive agreement on the export of oil. "
She said the United State Department on behalf of Jane Bsaki that her country does not support the export of oil from the Kurdistan region of Iraq, without obtaining the approval of the Iraqi government, federal, and we are concerned about the potential impact of the continuation of the export of oil in this way, asserting that the immediate source of concern is the stability of Iraq.
She Bsaki that Iraq is facing difficult circumstances and it is important for all parties to work to unite the country and avoid everything that would promote the band and exacerbate tensions.
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