Oil Minister meet Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

Baghdad-INA
Iraqi and Turkish oil ministers stressed on Tuesday,  the importance of resuming oil flows after the completion of pipeline rehabilitation operations.

A statement by the Ministry of Oil, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated, "The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, met in Ankara, the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar."

The statement added, "The two ministers discussed a number of bilateral and regional issues of common concern and stressed the importance of the crude oil pipeline between Iraq and Turkey, and the resumption of crude oil flows, after the completion of the necessary rehabilitation and examination processes that require their implementation after the earthquake incident last February."

The two ministers emphasized "enhancing prospects for joint cooperation in the fields of energy, oil and gas, electrical interconnection and renewable energy."

The statement indicated that "the joint Iraqi-Turkish economic committee, which is chaired by the two ministers, decided to hold the nineteenth meeting of the committee in Baghdad, the date of which will be determined later."