Official Iraqi Turkish talks to draft framework agreement energy sector

Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani and Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar announced on Friday the start of negotiations for a framework agreement on oil and gas cooperation. Official data indicated that Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani headed the Iraqi delegation in the expanded meeting to launch negotiations regarding the framework agreement with Turkey concerning cooperation in the oil and gas fields, held in Ankara, while the Turkish side was headed by Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar. The details added that the meeting discussed the proposed roadmap to enhance bilateral cooperation in developing infrastructure for the oil and gas sectors, the petrochemical industry, oil, gas and energy trade, alongside discussing ways to develop frameworks for joint work and coordination, to serve the mutual interests of the two countries. The information confirmed that the inaugural meeting aims to launch negotiations regarding the framework agreement between the Republic of Iraq and the Republic of Turkey, and to lay the foundations for joint cooperation and expand partnership areas in the oil, gas and energy sectors. The reports concluded that the Iraqi delegation included the Undersecretary for Extraction Affairs Naseer Aziz Jabbar and the general managers of the oil marketing, northern oil, oil projects, and oil pipelines companies, in addition to the general managers of the economic, legal, contracts and petroleum licensing departments.