A high-level delegation from Kurdistan plans to visit Baghdad to discuss resuming the region’s oil exports.

A high-level delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government is scheduled to travel to Baghdad on Wednesday for talks on resuming the region’s oil exports.

According to information obtained by Shafaq News Agency, the Kurdish delegation consists of: Kamal Mohammed, Minister of Natural Resources; Omid Sabah, Chief of Staff of the Council of Ministers; and Amanj Rahim, Secretary of the Council of Ministers. The delegation will hold serious talks regarding the resumption of Kurdistan’s oil exports, and the issue of increasing export volumes will also be discussed.

The information confirms that if the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports resume, this will have a direct impact on the salaries of the region’s citizens, and therefore Baghdad will be obligated to send the salaries on their scheduled date.

Kurdistan Region’s oil exports have fallen from 200,000 barrels to 20,000 barrels due to attacks by Iraqi factions and Iranian forces, which have forced companies to halt their operations.

The head of the office of the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Omid Sabah, announced on May 24 that, following the end of the Eid al-Adha holiday, a high-level official delegation from the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Region, accompanied by representatives of foreign oil companies, is scheduled to visit the capital, Baghdad, to conduct detailed discussions aimed at reaching a final formula that guarantees the resumption of the region’s oil exports as soon as possible.

He noted that foreign oil companies operating in the region had demanded official guarantees from the Iraqi government following recent security tensions and attacks on oil fields, indicating that Prime Minister Ali al-Zubaidi had personally pledged to provide these guarantees to protect the fields and companies.

Shafaq.com