Iraq Oil Minister: Kurdish Agreement 'Activated' In Days

[JWing]

Friday, Dec 24, 2010
CAIRO (Dow Jones)--Iraq will soon activate an agreement signed with Kurdistan earlier this year to export crude, Iraq's new oil minister Abdul Kareem Luaiby said Friday.
"We have already signed an agreement with Kurdistan ...God willing this agreement will be activated within a few days," Luaiby told reporters in Cairo.
Luaiby's appointment to lead the oil ministry was approved by the Iraq parliament this week, as part of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's new Cabinet. Al-Maliki has pledged to fulfill key demands from the Kurdish region that have long plagued Iraqi politics.
Luaiby said that Iraq is happy with current oil prices and OPEC could meet again before June if market fundamentals change.



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[Bluewaters2u]

Al-Maliki has pledged to fulfill key demands from the Kurdish region that have long plagued Iraqi politics.

If this is true, and I feel that it may well be from other news relating to this in the past week is huge news for Iraq as a whole. this will also help in getting the HCL in line and resolved as well. Its so very awesome to see Iraq coming together now after seeing and being a part of the ride for the past 4 years and reading so many articles,debates and news of a war torn country trying to put their GOI together. Lets not forget all those that given their lives (all country's of Military service) to help Iraq regain their new found freedom and our possible win fall too. It appears that they are trying hard now that the sanctions have been lifted to unite and settle their difference's. they certainly have so much to gain by doing so...Good Luck Iraq and to all that have given to them as well... Merry Christmas friends.....and gooooooo RV/RI.....Blue