By John Lee. The Iraqi Oil Ministry has re-confirmed that Chevron is barred from contracts with the Federal Goverment in Baghdad, and says the company "should be ashamed of their action" in dealing with the Kurdistan Regional Government, which it accuses of smuggling. The Ministry issued the following statement on Wednesday: Chevron Oil Company announced […]
By John Lee. On this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Jane Arraf sits down with Massoud Barzani to find out how far he is willing to go to protect and promote the interests of the Kurdish people: (Source: AlJazeera)
By John Lee. AKnews reports that the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Health has formed a 'high commission' (sic) for approving drugs. The commission is intended to register and approve pharmaceuticals and monitor quality. and then select the data and type of the drugs. (Source: AKnews)
By John Lee. The KRG's Minister of Electricity, Yaseen Shekh Abubakir [Yassen Shekh Abubakir Mawati, Yasin Sheikh Abu Bakir Muhammad Mawati] (pictured), recently welcomed a delegation headed by Polish Ambassador to Iraq, Stanislaw Smolen, who said that Polish companies are ready to invest in the Kurdistan Region. At the meeting both sides discussed increasing investment […]
By John Lee. DNO International, the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced today that it has reached agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to fully apply the fiscal terms and conditions of the existing Production Sharing Contract (PSC) covering the Tawke license moving forward, replacing temporary arrangements in place since start of operations. The […]
By John Lee. The KRG's Ministry of Trade and Industry jointly has opened a Project Development Center in Ministry's headquarters. The center, established with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), is the first of its kind in the Kurdistan Region. According to a report from AKnews, Trade Minister Sinan Chalabi (pictured) said the […]
By John Lee. Northern Ireland's Enterprise Minister, Arlene Foster (pictured), has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Kurdistan Regional Government, which will strengthen trade links and define areas of co-operation between the two regions. The MOU is the result of the Minister’s visit to Kurdistan in October 2011 when she met with […]
By John Lee. Turkey has started importing the crude oil from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and will hold negotiations over direct sales to the natural gas. The Turkish Energy Minister said in a press conference on Friday that "Turkey has started importing five to ten trucks of crude oil per day from Kurdistan, and […]
By John Lee. Turkey's Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz, said the ministry has started technical work with Iraq's central government on shipping crude oil from Basra, in southern Iraq, via the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, according to Reuters. The announcement came days after the KRG said it might sell natural gas directly to Turkey […]
By John Lee. Several Saudi companies have expressed a desire to invest in the Kurdistan Region. Assaf Ben Nasser, President of Administration & Human Resources of the Western Region and General manager of several factories in Saudi Arabia, and Abdulaziz Ben Othaymeen, a Saudi businessmen, told Puk Media that the commercial, industrial and investment markets […]
Minister Falah Mustafa, the Kurdistan Regional Government's Head of Foreign Relations, met Lord Howell, Foreign Office Minister in the House of Lords, in London. He also met other ministers and British parliamentarians, and thanked them for their support for the Kurdistan Region. Minister Mustafa and Lord Howell discussed ways of deepening the already good relations […]
The KRG will participate in the inauguration ceremony of the United Nations' 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women for the first time, with the participation of more than 190 countries. Dindar Zebari told Iraqi News agency: “The meeting will evaluate progress on gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate […]
