MESOP : Q & A: Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari

By Daniel W. Smith of Iraq Oil Report – Published Thursday, December 4th, 2014

As a Kurd sitting at the helm of the all-important Finance Ministry in Baghdad, Hoshyar Zebari straddles the political divide between Baghdad and Erbil – and has a unique view into the nascent efforts to bridge that gap.On Tuesday, the Iraqi Cabinet unanimously approved a plan that could see Kurdistan facilitate some 550,000 barrels per day (bpd) of federal oil exports, in exchange for a 17 percent share of the federal budget. The deal has sparked rare talk of resolving oil policy disputes t… http://www.iraqoilreport.com/news/qa-finance-minister-hoshyar-zebari-13747/