Fragile accord sees resumption of oil exports from Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi federal authorities and the Kurdistan local authorities (KRG) are celebrating an settlement to resume oil exports thru Turkey after a -and-a-1/2 year halt.
The accord allows crude pumped in Iraqi Kurdistan to drift northwards beneath federal oversight-an obvious precondition to settle longstanding disputes over civil servant pay within the semi-self sufficient area.
however, the arrangement is fragile, with observers caution that as-but unveiled [sic] details could see the accord get to the bottom of.
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