Iraq to Pay Kurdish-Area Oil Companies Today, Hawrami Says
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Iraq will pay money today that it owes to international oil companies pumping crude in the country’s northern Kurdish region, an official with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government said.
Ashti Hawrami, the Kurdish natural resources minister, told reporters in Baghdad the central government informed him of the decision to resume payments. He spoke today before meeting Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem al-Luaibi for talks about drafting a national energy law.