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Kurdish MP belittles Obama's letter to
Maliki
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July 23, 2012
ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', —
Kurdish Alliance MP minimized the importance of the
letter sent by US president Barrack
Obama on Exxon Mobil Oil Company in Kurdistan and
disputed areas, calling for a solution to the issue
according to the Iraqi constitution.
MP Khalid Shwani told Aswat al-Iraq that the
contents of Obama's letter suggested solving the
question according to the Iraqi constitution and
laws.
He added "we pointed many times that Kurdistan
contracts are done according to Iraqi constitution,
which grants the Kurdish government the right to
sign its contracts in un-discovered oil fields".
Premier Nouri al-Maliki's office disclosed last
Thursday that Obama's letter was "positive" on the
functions of Exxon Mobil company in Kurdistan and
disputed areas.
The statement called the US company to abide by its
pledges and the recommendations made by the Iraqi
government, in addition to the advices made by the
US administration.
Disputes between Baghdad and Arbil continued on the
rights of the Kurdish local government to sign oil
contract.
Baghdad threatened the US company of preventing it
from excavation in mid and south of Iraq if
implemented its commitments to Kurdistan,www.ekurd.net
amid Kurdish protest that Baghdad intervention is
illegal.
The Kurdish government is following its contracts
with Exxon Mobil to provide it with more financial
income.
The oil and gas law, that will regulate the
relations between the center and provinces, has not
been endorsed yet for the last few years due to the
non-agreement among the political blocs.
Shwani stressed the necessity to adopt the oil and
gas law and blamed Iraqi oil ministry for not
endorsing the law till now.
The last problem between Baghdad and Arbil was the
oil exports from the Kurdish region to Turkey
without the consent of Baghdad.
The Iraqi government objected to such exports, but
the Turkish government refused the Iraqi call.
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