USA rejects exporting Iraqi oil without approval of Iraqi federal government

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The spokesperson of the US State Department, Jen Psaki, stated that the US Administration does not support the oil experts of Iraq without the approval of the Iraqi federal government.

She stated in a press conference on Wednesday “Our view has not changed. We don’t support oil exports from any part of Iraq without approval of the Iraqi federal government. We continue to urge the federal government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government to reach a constitutional solution, and that has consistently been our position. And it also has not changed.”

Earlier, the Turkish Premier, Recep Tayyib Erdogan and the Premier of Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nijervan Barzani, signed several contracts over the oil and gas exportation.