Shafaq News- Ankara
Ankara refuses to extend the existing Kirkuk-Ceyhan oilpipeline agreement under current conditions, Reuters reported on Tuesday,citing a senior Turkish official.
Iraq requested at least a one-yearextension to allow more time for negotiations on a replacement deal.
Ali Nizar, head of Iraq’s State Organization for Marketingof Oil (SOMO), said Iraq has exported about 12 million barrels of crude oilthrough its southern ports since the beginning of June.
The current Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline agreement is due toexpire on July 27, ending a framework that has regulated oil exports betweenIraq and Turkiye for decades. Both sides continue to discuss a draft agreementthat would govern export operations through the route in the coming period.