Iraqi federal and KRG oil talks cordial but still at odds
2022-04-13 00:00:00 - Source: Iraq Oil Report
Iraqi federal oil and KRG political negotiating teams meet in Baghdad on April 11, 2022. (Source: Oil Ministry media office)
Iraq's Oil Ministry and representatives from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have met for the first time to discuss a major court ruling that invalidated the legal foundations of the semi-autonomous region’s oil and gas industry, nearly two months after the decision was announced.
Oil Minister Ihsan Ismaael hosted the KRG delegation in Baghdad on Monday for a meeting that appeared to highlight the differing approaches Erbil and Baghdad are taking in the aftermath of the court decision, which was issued in February in response to a decade-old case over the legality of the KRG’s oil and gas industry.
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