Iraqi Oil Minister Leads Delegation to Launch Framework Negotiations with Turkey in Ankara
Iraq’s Oil Ministry said the opening meeting to start negotiations on the framework agreement was held in Ankara on Friday evening with delegations from both countries to discuss a roadmap for cooperation in the oil, gas and energy sectors.
The Iraqi Oil Ministry announced on Friday evening that its minister, Basim Muhammad Khudair al-Abadi, led Iraq’s delegation at the expanded meeting to launch negotiations on a framework agreement with Turkey for cooperation in the oil and gas fields, which was held in Ankara, while the Turkish side was headed by the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar.
The ministry said the meeting discussed the proposed roadmap to enhance bilateral cooperation in developing the infrastructure of the oil and gas sectors and the petrochemical industry, in addition to trade in oil, gas and energy, and examined ways to develop working frameworks and joint coordination that serve the common interests of the two countries.
The aim of the opening meeting to launch the negotiations was to establish foundations for joint cooperation and to expand areas of partnership in the oil, gas and energy sectors.
Iraq’s delegation included the ministry’s Undersecretary for Extraction Affairs, Nasir Aziz Jabbar, the general managers of the oil marketing companies, North Oil Company, oil projects and oil pipelines, as well as the general managers of the economic, legal, contracts and petroleum licensing departments.
