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Kurdistan's minister discusses oil
contracts in Baghdad
21.1.2008
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January
21, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq', --
The minister of natural resources in Iraq's
Kurdistan region arrived in Baghdad to discuss with
central government officials the controversial oil
contracts and the oil and gas law, a senior source
said on Monday.
"Minister of Natural Resources Dr Ashti Hawrami
arrived on Monday morning in the Iraqi capital
Baghdad to discuss with officials there the issue of
oil contracts signed between the region and several
foreign companies,www.ekurd.net
in addition to the draft
oil and gas law," an official spokesman for the
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Jamal Abdullah
said.
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. |
KRG Minister of Natural Resources Dr. Ashti Hawrami |
Parliamentary debates on
the draft oil and gas law were postponed more than
once despite strong pressure from the United States
on Iraqi parliamentary bloc leaders to accelerate a
new law.
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil invited foreign
corporations to invest in the oil field in all Iraqi
provinces, 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.
VOI
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