Yildiz: As long as KRG wants to sell oil, Turkey will exportYildiz: As long as KRG wants to sell oil, Turkey will export Mewan Dolamari BasNews, Erbil Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said that as long as the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) wants to sell oil, Turkey will continue exporting it. “Turkey will continue transporting Kurdish oil since they [KRG] want to sell it,” said Yildiz. Yildiz also addressed reports that an oil tanker transporting Kurdish oil had been lost: “Kurdish oil has not been loaded to the oil tankers for the second time and the lost oil tanker is neither Turkish nor Iraqi. Regarding selling Kurdish oil and finding customers to buy it, only KRG and Baghdad will decide on that.” “After exporting the first Kurdish oil, KRG exported 100,000 barrels per day and now there are 2.8 million barrels in the tanker. Since they [KRG] want to sell the oil, Turkey will continue transporting it. If oil is extracted and exported to Turkey, Turkey will sell it no matter which part of Iraq it comes from. This is a public law and Turkey’s positive stance in this case will continue,” said Yildiz. Yildiz explained that they have not received further requests from the KRG to increase the number of tankers and said that he does not think it necessary to increase the number. Regarding Iraq’s arbitration Yildiz said that Turkey has yet to choose a prosecutor for the case, but will do so in the near future. “We want good relations with Iraq and after tackling the complaint I do not think there will be any serious issues between Turkey and Iraq,” he said.
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