Iraq Wins Key Kurdish Oil Arbitration Case Against Turkey

  • Oil ministry in Baghdad will work on mechanisms for Ceyhan
  • Paris-based arbitration court rules in long-running case

A satellite image showing the port of Ceyhan.

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Iraq’s oil ministry welcomed an arbitration ruling in its long-running dispute with Turkey centered on crude oil exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region and said it would discuss “mechanisms” to keep oil flowing.

The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration decided in Iraq’s favor on Thursday, Iraq said.