November 12 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil hopes to resolve the dispute opened with the authorities of the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan over the rights to exploit crude oil within a period of six months, thanks to the “important progress” experienced in recent weeks between Erbil and Baghdad.
“At this point, we are ready to resume visits by our delegations and we hope to draft a law in this regard in less than six months,” Laiz Abdul Husein, director of the ministry’s legal office, told the Kurdish news agency Rudaw. .
The tension between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan authorities rebounded in February when the Supreme Court of Iraq declared the law in force until now that guaranteed Kurdish autonomy over its deposits “unconstitutional”.
Since then, the Kurdistan Regional Government has repeatedly appealed the court’s ruling.
Shortly after taking office, the new Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohamed Shiaa Al Sudani, reiterated his commitment to strengthen relations between Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan through a new framework for constitutional collaboration to “resolve long-standing disputes.” .
