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No Obama response yet to Iraq plea on Exxon-Kurdistan deal,
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No Obama response yet to Iraq plea on
Exxon-Kurdistan deal, U.S. says
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June 20, 2012
LOS CABOS, Mexico,— The White House
confirmed on Tuesday that President Barack Obama
received a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki to intervene to stop Exxon Mobil (XOM.N)
from proceeding with a deal with the Kurdistan
region, but said Obama has not yet responded.
Maliki, in a letter to Obama,
warned
that the deal would have dire consequences for
Iraq's stability, an aide said.
"We've received the letter but are going to decline
comment until we respond to Prime Minister Maliki,"
White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
The U.S. oil giant angered Baghdad last year by
signing an exploration deal with the Kurdistan
Regional Government KRG in the north,www.ekurd.net
which the central government deemed illegal.
Since the last U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq in
December, disputed areas between autonomous
Kurdistan and Baghdad have been seen as a potential
flashpoint.
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