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Iraqi ministry's stance on Kurdistan's oil
contracts politically motivated
12.1.2008
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January 12 2008
BAGHDAD, -- A Kurdistan Coalition (KC)
parliamentarian said on Saturday that the oil
ministry's decision to ban corporations that have
signed contracts with the Kurdistan Regional
Government (KRG) from investing in Iraq is a form of
"political pressure."
"The oil ministry's repeated threats to prevent
these companies from investment in Iraq are
politically motivated," Abdul Khaleq Zanqana said.
Describing the ministry's handling of the situation
as improper, Zankana called for resolving the issue
through dialogue.
"The KRG's contracts with the foreign companies were
made in accordance with the constitution," he
explained, adding that all differences with the
central government should be resolved by the federal
court, not by means of threats.
An official spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of oil,
Aasem Jihad, said in statements to VOI on Friday
that the ministry had invited foreign corporations
to invest in the oil field in all Iraqi provinces,www.ekurd.net
including those in the
Kurdistan region and in Kirkuk, but excluded the
companies that have signed contracts with the region
without a prior approval from the ministry.
The region had signed 15 contracts with 20 foreign
oil corporations despite the central government's
objection and ahead of the Iraqi parliament's final
endorsement of a new draft law on oil.
Parliamentary debates on the draft oil & gas law
were postponed more than once despite strong
pressure from the United States on Iraqi
parliamentary bloc leaders to accelerate a new law.
VOI
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