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Al-Dabbagh: «Biden» cannot solve the controversial oil issues between Baghdad and the northern territory. And intervention to be



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The Iraqi Government confirmed on Wednesday that the issue of oil issues between the Kurdistan region and centre of Government, and with the US Vice President Joseph Biden «cannot solve those issues, saying foreign entrants will increase the complexity of the topic «.»

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in an interview for alsumaria news»», «Iraq requested that the freezing of contracts signed between Kurdistan and Exxon Mobil on intraregional investment and disputed areas, where the company froze its work, because such contracts must be through Government Centre and the Federal Ministry of oil, saying '' any contract outside the Central Government is less legitimacy and unacceptable, so not recognized and legalized».

Al-Dabbagh said that "President Obama authorized the Deputy Park Joseph Biden to follow Iraq», «Biden could not solve these issues oil».

Dabbagh said the oil issue between the Governments concerned and Kurdistan Centre», pointing out that '' foreign entrants in this topic be».

He defended the Kurdistan Alliance on constitutionality of oil contracts that pay with global companies revealed that three of the six contracts signed by the Kurdistan Regional Government Iraq with Exxon Mobil us company disputed areas include denying secret deal brokered the territory between the US company and the Governor of Nineveh to extract oil from them.

Leadership Alliance, said Farhad alatroshi in an interview with the program «brackets» 's channel space, the Sumerian «contracts signed by the Kurdistan Regional Government with Exxon Mobil us six contracts, three of which include disputed areas», «one includes the sheikhan Al-Kurd 80% of its inhabitants and the rest clasped and Christian».

Alatroshi added that "those constitutional contracts and signed under article 112 of the Constitution, first and second paragraphs, and the agreement between the territorial Government and the Central Government during the year 2006», wondering why «minted Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his Deputy, Hussain Shahristani 43 contracts signed by the Government of the territory with different foreign companies and asking for those contracts only?»

Alatroshi denied reports that Kurdistan brokered a deal between company b» ExxonMobil Nineveh Governor atheel Najafi and to extract oil from the province», at the same time calling to ask Iraq for signing contracts or not».

The Prime Minister's media adviser Ali al-Mosawi, revealed (19 June), that Al-Maliki moves now to prevent a deal may be between Kurdistan and Governor of Nineveh with ExxonMobil to invest oil in disputed areas, while between the documents and information indicated a '' suspicious package», he stressed that the deal that was would have serious implications on the country.

And on to Kurdistan sought pipeline to export the oil, said alatroshi, a member of the Parliamentary Committee on oil and energy, that «this would coordinate and consult with the Central Government and in accordance with the Constitution, pointing out that «all export earnings would go to Iraqi oil income fund (PDF)».

Accused member of the political Bureau of the movement of Justice and reform, Mohammed Abdullah Al-jaburi, (22 June), Kurdistan Regional Government Iraq with huge pipeline to transport oil stolen from Nineveh ", warned the Governor not to overlook abuses continuing» to «territory of the province.

And the origin of the dispute between the Governments of Baghdad and Erbil to oil contracts by the Federal Government as territory «illegal», and so signed with Exxon Mobile for oil exploration, which Iraq Kurdistan's President, Massoud Barzani, (24 April 2012), ExxonMobil will not abandon it» «despite threats to Federal Government contract with to develop West Qurna in Basra.

The oil Ministry has ruled out in (19 April 2012) Exxon Mobil from licensing round held at the end of may last, without addressing the fate held in West Qurna.