Iraq's Kurds have right to sell oil while squeezed by Baghdad - MP

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdish region has the right to keep selling oil as long as the Baghdad government keeps cutting its budget, the head of the Kurdish parliament's energy committee said on Tuesday, as an oil cargo off Texas was set to be seized at Baghdad's request.

"The KRG (Kurdish Regional Government) has the right to sell oil if Baghdad continues to cut KRG’s budget, disrupt the livelihood of its people and impose an embargo," Sherko Jawdat told Reuters.