Urgent – Shahristani, SRSG discuss exporting Iraqi oil

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Deputy Premier for Energy Affairs, Hussein al-Shahristani, hosted the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Nikolay Mladenov, at his office in Baghdad on Thursday.The media office of Shahristani reported in a statement received by IraqiNews.com ”The meeting tackled the negotiations between the Federal Government and Kurdistan Regional Government where Shahristani assured that the exporting of oil from Iraq can only be through the Iraqi Oil Marketing (SOMO).””The two sides discussed the preparation of the Independent High Electoral Commission IHEC to conduct the parliamentary elections on time with the participation of the UN office in Iraq as observers,” the statement concluded. \END\