Dr Hawrami also expressed hope that the authorities in Baghdad would recognise and implement, “in both letter and spirit”, the issues negotiated between the KRG delegation, headed by the then Prime Minister Dr Barham Salih, and various federal government ministers during a visit to Baghdad in October 2011, and as presented to Prime Minister Dr Nuri Al-Maliki in a follow-up letter.
Dr Hawrami said such positive steps could help ease the way towards the much delayed federal hydrocarbon and revenue sharing laws, which should be within the framework of Iraq’s federal and decentralised constitution.
“It is time to put aside futile and time-wasting attempts to re-impose an illegal centralised control over oil and gas in Iraq. The country is crying out for cooperation and coordination on these issues, not confrontation,” Dr Hawrami said.
For further details, see the attached letter to Prime Minister Maliki from the then KRG Prime Minister Salih, following the KRG delegation’s visit to Baghdad in October 2011
The MNR has also published the correspondence between Dr Hawrami and the IOCs regarding the imminent temporary resumption of oil exports from the Region.
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