yota691 Posted June 20, 2023 Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Masrour Barzani, head of the regional government, arrives in Türkiye and meets Erdogan 2023.06.20 - 11:09 Baghdad - people The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, arrived in Ankara, on Tuesday, to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the media of his office. Barzani is scheduled to meet the foreign minister and senior officials in the new Turkish government "to discuss the development of relations between the Kurdistan region and Turkey and the latest developments in Iraq and the region." It also came from the media of the Prime Minister. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted June 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Barzani arrives in Ankara to meet Erdogan and his new government Time: 06/20/2023 10:43:20 Read: 1,209 times {Politics: Al Furat News} The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, arrived today, Tuesday, in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on an official visit, during which he will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A statement by the Kurdistan government, which {Euphrates News} received a copy of, stated, "The prime minister will also meet with the foreign minister and senior officials in the new Turkish government, to discuss ways to strengthen relations between the Kurdistan Region and Turkey, in addition to discussing the latest developments and developments in Iraq and the region." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted June 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 Erdogan, Barzani meet in Ankara as Iraqi oil exports via Turkey remain frozen Prime Minister Masrour Barzani of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara as the deadlock continues over the exportation of Iraqi and KRG crude. Iraqi Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (L) meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) in Ankara June 20, 2023. - Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Masrour Barzani Amberin Zaman @amberinzaman June 20, 2023 Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, became the first foreign leader to pay a formal visit to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following his reelection in May. Barzani met with Erdogan in his palace in Ankara. Barzani tweeted that he had congratulated the Turkish leader on his reelection and that the pair had “discussed advancing bilateral relations between the Kurdistan Region and [Turkey] and the latest developments in Iraq and the region.” The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is expected to issue a readout of the meeting. The visit comes amid a continued deadlock over the exportation of Iraqi and KRG crude via a pipeline running to export terminals on Turkey’s Mediterranean shores. A Monday meeting between a Turkish energy delegation and Iraqi officials in Baghdad was inconclusive and further talks are needed, unnamed officials told Reuters without elaborating. Turkey halted Iraq’s 450,000 barrels per day of exports running through the northern pipeline on March 25 after the International Chamber of Commerce ordered Ankara to pay damages of $1.5 billion for allowing the KRG to sell its oil independently of Baghdad between 2014 and 2018. The Iraqi government launched the arbitration case on the grounds that the sales were illegal. Income from oil is used to cover state employment wages in the Kurdistan Region and Reuters reported that KRG losses due to the hiatus had cost more than $2.2 billion in lost revenue. The flow was expected to resume in the wake of Turkey’s twin parliamentary and presidential polls and under an export deal reached between Iraq’s State Organization for Marketing of Oil and the KRG. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that Turkey is holding out in order to wrest concessions from Baghdad. Regional diplomatic sources familiar with the negotiations said Ankara is concerned by the outcome of another arbitration case launched by Iraq that covers sales between 2018 and the start of this year. Turkey wants Iraq to drop the case as a precondition for resuming exports. The diplomatic sources, who spoke to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity, said that unnamed Iran-backed militias in Baghdad were unwilling to cooperate. The United States has been lobbying Baghdad and Ankara behind the scenes but to little effect. In any case, a breakthrough was unlikely in today’s meeting, as the KRG does not call the shots. However, it did set the stage for a new era of cooperation between Erdogan and Barzani. The KRG leader has strong ties to Turkey’s new foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, cultivated during long years collaborating as their countries' respective intelligence chiefs. Fidan, who has ethnic Kurdish roots, was in the room with Erdogan and Barzani and the pair met separately as well. Erdogan’s favorite Iraqi Kurdish official is the KRG premier’s paternal cousin, Nechirvan Barzani, who is the president of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. As KRG prime minister in 2013, he helped cement a mega energy deal with Turkey that paved the way for oil exports through the purpose-built pipeline that now lies idle. The two have strong chemistry and the Iraqi Kurdish president was invited to attend Erdogan’s June 3 inauguration bash in Ankara, in keeping with protocol as much as friendship. But there is growing acceptance in Erdogan’s inner circle that the KRG prime minister holds the most power. The sources briefing Al-Monitor said Fidan had played a key role in brokering today’s meeting. The Barzani-led Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq (KDP) remains the most influential force in the KRG. The KDP is a key ally in Ankara’s ongoing military campaign against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whose top leaders are based in the rugged mountains separating Turkey from Iraq. Turkey has thousands of troops deployed across the Iraqi Kurdish region and has been systematically picking off PKK cadres in drone strikes in Iraq and Syria alike. As Barzani was meeting with Erdogan, pro-PKK news outlets reported that a Turkish drone had killed two top officials in the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration in northeast Syria today. Yusra Darwish, the female co-chair of the administrative council of Qamishli, and her male counterpart Lyman Shweish were killed together with their driver as they were traveling in a car outside the town, which borders Turkey. Friendship with the KRG allows Ankara to prove that it’s not hostile to Kurds but only to the PKK and its alleged allies. Erdogan played this card during his election campaign with plenty of help from the KDP. The benefits cut both ways. In addition to being the Kurdistan Region’s sole outlet to the West, Turkey is also a vital counterbalancing force against the Iraqi Kurds’ ever meddlesome and sometimes lethal neighbor, Iran. Yet for all the common interests binding Ankara and Erbil, it did not go unnoticed that the KRG’s tricolor was not on display in the official photo showing Erdogan and Barzani shaking hands. There were only two Turkish flags and the Turkish presidential seal. Since 2015, when Erdogan pirouetted away from peace talks with the PKK and struck his current alliance with far-right nationalists, the Iraqi Kurdish flag has disappeared, likely gathering dust in the palace cupboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted June 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2023 A meeting between Masrour Barzani and Erdogan, these are its details 2023-06-20 12:02 Shafaq News/ Today, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, met with the President of the Turkish Republic, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the Republican Palace in Ankara. At the beginning of the meeting, the Prime Minister renewed his congratulations to the President of the Republic of Turkey on his re-election, and expressed his wishes for the new Turkish government to succeed. The meeting, which was attended by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, also discussed the general situation in Iraq and the region, in addition to discussing ways to consolidate Relations between the Kurdistan Region and Turkey. The two sides agreed on the importance of strengthening bilateral relations and expanding horizons of coordination and cooperation, in order to achieve security and stability in the region, especially in the economic field and trade exchange. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ly410 Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 After Erdogan's request. The President of the Kurdistan Government agrees to hand over the region's oil file to Baghdad - Urgent Economy | Today, 23:24 | After Erdogan's request. The President of the Kurdistan Government agrees to hand over the region's oil file to Baghdad - Urgent » Baghdad News Agency Today (baghdadtoday.news) Baghdad today - 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ly410 Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 After Erdogan's request. The President of the Kurdistan Government agrees to hand over the region's oil file to Baghdad - Urgent Economy | Today, 23:24 | After Erdogan's request. The President of the Kurdistan Government agrees to hand over the region's oil file to Baghdad - Urgent » Baghdad News Agency Today (baghdadtoday.news) Baghdad Today - Baghdad An informed source revealed that the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, agreed to hand over the region's oil to the federal government, specifically the National Oil Company (SOMO). The source told (Baghdad Today) that Barzani: "He agreed to hand over the region's oil file to the federal government because Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told him in Barzani's recent visit to Ankara that he will only deal with Baghdad and that will be among the agendas of Erdogan's visit to Iraq on June 25." He said Erdogan "will also visit Erbil." KDP media described Erdogan's visit to the Kurdistan region as a "precious gain" for Barzani's government. On Thursday, a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Wafa Muhammad Karim, revealed an upcoming visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Baghdad next week to discuss the issue of resuming oil exports. Karim told Baghdad Today that "Turkey has set 3 basic points for re-exporting oil through the port of Ceyhan, but the Iraqi government did not approve them during the last meeting held in Ankara." He added that "the oil problem is no longer in the hands of the Kurdistan government, and the file has completely shifted into the hands of the federal government, specifically SOMO," noting that "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the capital of the Kurdistan region Erbil next week to resolve the issue of exporting the region's oil again." This week witnessed Iraqi-Kurdish talks with the Turkish side regarding the re-pumping of Kurdistan oil to the port of Ceyhan, which has been suspended since March 25 without yielding solutions. A few days ago, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, visited the Turkish capital, Ankara, at the head of a high-level delegation that included officials in energy, security and trade. 1 4 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keylime Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 This bodes extremely well for the quick passing of the HCL IMHO. 3 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southbeach Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 What does Turkish lira cost per million in usd? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregp Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 Just now, southbeach said: What does Turkish lira cost per million in usd? $1.00 US = $25.25 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sq2 Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 This is more exciting for us than the budget being ratified!! IMO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregp Posted June 23, 2023 Report Share Posted June 23, 2023 The timing is telling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screwball Posted June 24, 2023 Report Share Posted June 24, 2023 4 hours ago, gregp said: $1.00 US = $25.25 hmmmmm....maybe I will get myself a few million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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