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Kurdish Regional Government decided to send a committee to Baghdad to settle the oil disagreement betweenÌýKirkuk's Kurdish regional government and Baghdad's Central AdministrationÌýon Monday.
The decision came after the meetingÌýof the five biggest political party representatives where theyÌýdiscussedÌýsecurity, political issues and the dispute with the central government regarding oil exports.
TheÌýKurdish Regional Government, KRG,Ìýalso decided to continue to support the Central Administration’s Prime Minister Haidar al Ibadi.
According to the statement made from the KRG’s official website, in the meeting that was closed to the press, Nechirvan Barzani said some problems occurred regarding the oil export agreement made with the regional government andÌýBaghdad, but they will do their best to comply withÌýthe agreement's terms.
The two sides reached an agreement on Dec. 2 2014, stating thatÌýKirkuk would export 300,000 barrels per day of oil to the Ceyhan port in Turkey. However, the KurdsÌýsentÌý200,000 barrels of Kirkuk oil to the port forÌýdailyÌýexportÌýto international markets.Ìý
Meanwhile, the Iraqi federal government requests that the KRG supplyÌýthe outstanding shortfall ofÌý100,000 barrels of oil per day from their own resources.Ìý
"The meeting was very positive," a member ofÌýtheÌýPatriotic Union of Kurdistan told The Anadolu Agency, and added that they are hopeful that the oil agreement will continueÌýbetween the two sides.Ìý
Reporting by Sivan Siddik, Muhammet KursunÌý
Writing by Nihan Cabbaroglu
Anadolu Agency
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