Turkey says energy deals with Iraqi Kurdistan not yet finalised


  • World
  • Sunday, 01 Dec 2013

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan have yet to completely finalise a package of energy deals, and Ankara will seek Baghdad's cooperation on the issue, the Turkish foreign ministry said on Saturday after sources said the contracts had been signed.

Sources told Reuters on Friday that Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan signed a multi-billion-dollar energy package this week that will help transform the semi-autonomous region into an oil and gas powerhouse but infuriate a central Baghdad government wary of increasing Kurdish autonomy.

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