Nechirvan Barzani: ready to deliver 250 thousand barrels of oil to Baghdad
News / source newspaper term – The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, the non-objection of the Kurdistan region in delivering the agreed quantity of oil to Baghdad, pointing to the need to hold talks on some legal issues related to
In this regard and reach a mutually satisfactory solution. He stressed the readiness of the region to cooperate with Baghdad to export Kirkuk oil or any other region to the outside through the pipeline Kurdistan oil region. “In principle, we have no problem with the delivery of 250,000 barrels of oil to Baghdad, but before that there should be discussions,” said Barzani, in an interview with the Anatolia news agency.
He added: “I was in Baghdad and I talked with the Prime Minister about this matter, and this matter must be discussed. It is not only about handing over 250,000 barrels, but there are legal issues, because cutting the share of the Kurdistan region from the budget since 2014, “It is necessary to talk about all these things to reach a satisfactory solution to the Kurdistan region and Baghdad, it is important for the parties to find a mechanism to settle this issue,” noting: “The Kurdistan region is ready to coordinate fully with Baghdad to reach a common result satisfactory to the parties “He said.
On the location of the Kurdistan region of the possibility of war between the United States and Iran, said Nechirvan Barzani: “At the beginning hope that the war does not erupt first, and on this issue we have full coordination with Baghdad, and our policy is not to make Iraq a battlefield for any party, Spare Iraq and the Kurdistan region as part of Iraq any war or problem. ”
He stressed that “the Kurdistan region categorically rejects the existence of the PKK or any armed group poses a threat to the neighbors, and this is our policy from earlier and continuing and will continue.”
He explained: “There are 500 villages in the Kurdistan region evacuated from the population of the existence of these groups, which cause many risks and must all armed groups to realize this and not undermine the security of Iraqi Kurdistan because our policy is to establish good relations with all neighboring countries.” On his visit to Turkey, he said that “our visit to Istanbul is important for us, our first foreign visit since we took the post of President of the Kurdistan region,” expressing his pleasure to meet with President Erdogan, stressing that “they discussed extensively ways to develop relations between Turkey and the region and Iraq in general “He said that the meeting dealt in detail with issues of importance to both parties.” I believe that a new phase will be established in the relations between the Kurdistan region, Turkey and Iraq, and I hope that my visit will be a means of developing relations. ”
He noted that Erdogan’s upcoming visit to Iraq would also be an important step in the relations between the two countries, pointing out that there are historical ties of friendship between Ankara and Erbil. “Turkey has helped our people at all difficult stages, and we renew our thanks to the President of the Republic of Turkey and its people for their assistance.”
On the formation of a joint commission between Turkey and the Iraqi central government to open a new border crossing between the two countries, he said that “this issue must be seriously discussed between Erbil, Baghdad and Ankara, and we are ready to take any step necessary to promote trade exchange,” noting: And we are ready for more cooperation with Baghdad to export Kirkuk oil or any other region through the Kurdistan oil pipeline and we plan to improve the performance of the pipeline in order to export larger quantities of oil through it. ”