MESOP SHORT : Hawrami draws ‘red line’ for Baghdad oil talks
By BEN LANDO AND PATRICK OSGOOD of Iraq Oil Report
Published Thursday, December 18th, 2014 – Leaders from Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are drawing red lines on oil policy that could put pressure on a fragile rapprochement with Baghdad.Kurdish Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami insisted Wednesday that the KRG will continue to export oil independently, and reasserted the KRG’s determination to control two major oil assets it seized in July, which were previously part of Baghdad’s oil portfolio.”Our export is our right. http://www.iraqoilreport.com/news/hawrami-draws-red-line-baghdad-oil-talks-13794/?utm_source=IOR+Email+Update+Subscribers&utm_campaign=44fabc5cf1-Email_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f9870911e6-44fabc5cf1-192857697