Turkey Energy Minister to visit baghdad on Sunday and the Convention on Arbil - Baghdad one of the "visit axes"

by **Ponee** Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:19 pm

Detection and Turkish Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz, Friday, for a visit to Baghdad in the 18th of January, to discuss the many oil projects with the Iraqi government, including extending an oil pipeline from southern Iraq to the north, as explained will be discussed during the upcoming visit to the Convention signed between Arbil and Baghdad oil, confirmed that the sum total of the Kurdistan oil exports reached 37 million barrels.

Yildiz said during a press conference held today, in a story published by the newspaper (Daily Hurriyet) Turkish, and seen by the (long-Presse), they will discuss during the upcoming visit to Iraq, the development of a project to extend the oil pipeline from the province of Basra in the south to the north of Iraq, "noting that the project "will connect the oil lines (Iyomrtalk) near the port of Ceyhan with the Kirkuk field in northern Iraq oil lines."

Yildiz said, "We will discuss also the oil agreement between Erbil and Baghdad," hoping "that the two sides would reach a final agreement on all points," pointing out that "as soon as the parties reach an agreement, Iraq will advance to the front towards stability."

Detection and Energy Minister, that the shipment of the 46 oil, oil from the Kurdistan region has been loaded in Turkey and exported to the world market. "

He said the minister, the total number of Kurdish oil exports to Turkey had reached "37 million barrels," noting that "the daily export rate of Kurdistan's oil to Turkey was around 450 thousand barrels per day, and we are working to increase this rate to be up to 550 000 barrels Day. "

The head of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Salim al revealed in the 11th of January 2015, on a visit to Turkey in the next few days, as he emphasized that the visit aims to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries, he pointed out that the visit of the Prime Minister Heidari Abadi to Egypt comes within the openness the countries of the region.

The Turkish government announced on the 30th of January 2014, for a planned visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Baghdad during the month of January 2015, in order to promote "more" of bilateral relations between the two countries, and as pointed out that Iraq and Turkey share a "determination" itself, She noted that Ankara re-open a new page with Baghdad after the formation of the new government.

The head of the Iraqi Council of Ministers Haider al-Abadi, visited in the (25 December 2014), Turkey on an official visit to discuss bilateral relations with Turkish officials.

The Iraqi-Turkish relations characterized by "coldness and cramping" on several files background contentious relationship or chronic, as a result of divergent positions between them, despite the large shared economic interests, including the relationship between Ankara and Erbil, especially in the oil field, the position of the Syrian crisis, the Turkish and the position of the Iraqi opposition forces, as well as the water issue.