Kurds step up negotiations with Baghdad on oil, Iraqi budget


  • World
  • Monday, 17 Feb 2014

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister and energy head travelled to Baghdad on Monday to intensify efforts to settle a long-running dispute with the central government over the region's oil exports via a new pipeline to Turkey.

Baghdad has threatened to sue Ankara and slash the autonomous region's share of the national budget if exports go ahead through the pipeline without its consent.

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