Shahristani said in a press statement seen by " Shafaq News " , that "We believe that Turkey is contributing motivated by greed in an attempt to lay hands on cheap Iraqi oil ."

Shahristani , a former minister of oil added, " Turkey has facilitated smuggling ( oil ) it is clear that this has undermined the relationship " between Iraq and Turkey .

Deputy Prime Minister , speaking from his office in the Green Zone in central Baghdad, " we 've come to a good level of cooperation Turkey’s greed allowed smuggling Iraqi crude oil ."

Turkish Energy Minister , Taner Yildiz announced last month that Turkey has started exporting oil from Kurdistan to international markets .

In turn , ​​the Iraqi authorities filed a lawsuit against Turkey to the international jury after this announcement.

The export of oil is one of the main points of disagreement between Baghdad government and Kurdistan Region on the interpretation of the Constitution , in the light of each party 's insistence on its legitimate right .

The Iraqi government stresses that it has the only right to export Iraqi crude oil , as considered the contracts concluded by Kurdistan region with foreign oil companies are illegal , opposing Erbil government 's statements.

The Iraqi authorities have filed on 23 of last May , a lawsuit against Turkey to the international jury following Ankara’s announcement to begin exporting region’s oil to world markets without the permission of the Iraqi government .

Shahristani added that " this does not have a hostile action by any neighbor against Iraq."

He addressed the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey , by saying "I call on the Government of Turkey to reconsider its position that caused damage to bilateral relations ."

Iraq and Kurdistan are trying to reach a political agreement on oil sales , but did not decide on the matter after five months from the start of working on the pipeline , prompting the government of Kurdistan to sell individually .

The head of Kurdistan Regional Government , Nechirvan Barzani said in Parliament last week that he will not retreat and if a common understanding didn’t take place with Kurdistan , there are other options as we cannot wait forever .