Today, a joint meeting was held between the Federal Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) regarding the export of oil from the Kirkuk oil fields and resumption of the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports through the Kurdistan Region’s oil pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.
At the outset of the meeting, the KRG negotiating team, within the framework of constitutional partnership and out of a sense of national responsibility, stressed the Kurdistan Region’s full readiness to take all necessary measures to increase public treasury revenues and help address the financial crisis, particularly under the current sensitive circumstances in the region, with the aim of ensuring salaries, livelihoods, and public services.
The KRG expressed its agreement to export oil from the Kirkuk fields alongside oil from the Kurdistan Region’s own fields through the Kurdistan Region–Ceyhan pipeline.
To this end, both governments agreed to establish a joint committee between the Federal Ministry of Oil and the KRG Ministry of Natural Resources to begin the necessary technical and administrative steps, with the aim of commencing oil exports to global markets from tomorrow through the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline, while all revenues from the sale of exported oil are to be returned to the Federal treasury.
The two sides also agreed to take the necessary security measures to protect the oil fields and ensure the continuity of oil exports.
The KRG, once again, stresses that it will not hesitate to take any necessary steps to participate in and support efforts to confront the financial crises across Iraq, with a view to securing the revenues needed for public expenditure and for the payment of salaries, livelihoods, and essential services.
The Negotiating Team of the Kurdistan Regional Government17 March 2026