President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Seeks Efficient Working Relations With Baghdad - Adviser

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) -The President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, would like an effective working relationship between the region and Baghdad as it will not only benefit the stability of Iraq but the Middle East as a whole, senior adviser to KRG President Nuri Osman told Sputnik.

“President Barzani would like to have an effective and amicable working relationship with Baghdad, to not only benefit the economic and political stability of Iraq, but to also support the stability of the Middle East as a whole,” Osman said, commenting on the prospects of the resumption of crude exports from the Kurdistan region of Iraq to Turkiye that have been paused since March.

In addition, the senior adviser underlined that it is crucial for Iraqi leaders to “revisit the fundamental principles of cooperation” to resolve the ongoing dispute.

“The political parties in Iraq need to be willing to work together to establish the laws set out by the country’s Constitution and co-operate to execute the Constitution effectively, to its full extent,” Osman added.

In March, Turkiye halted the flow of Kurdish oil through the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline. It came after the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce ruled in favor of Iraq in a long-running legal battle.

The arbitration court found that Turkiye had violated a joint agreement by allowing the Kurdistan Regional Government to export oil to the port of Ceyhan without Baghdad's consent.