Barzani arrives in Turkey to resolve important files

Barzani arrives in Turkey to resolve important files
2014-03-15T10:19:50+00:00

, Ahmed Daoud Oglua to head to Ankara city to conduct a meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister .

Barzani’s delegation includes Minister of Construction in KRG , spokesman of KRG and the governors of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah .

In a press statement, Barzani said that ( Van ) city has a status to the Kurdish people , referring to a visit by Sheikh Ahmed Barzani ( uncle of Nechirvan Barzani’s father) to this city in 1930.

"That why we always want to visit this city and we are pleased that we had the opportunity to visit it ," noting " Van city has a special place in the Kurdish literature history because it is the home of the Kurdish poet Feqhi Tayran."

" We hope through this visit to witness a major development in the our economic relations and we will have a visit to Ankara to meet with Mr. Erdogan and develop our relationship,” Barzani added.

In turn, Ahmet Davutoglu , Turkish Foreign Minister confirmed the need to strengthen the bilateral relations between Kurdistan Region and Turkey , stressing that they are seeking to expand Khabor border crossing between the two countries .

The Turkish official news agency said that President of KRG , Nechirvan Barzani will discuss the Kurdish oil export filewith officials in Turkey .

Kurdistan and Turkey have concluded a year ago , agreements in the energy field including oil exports from Kurdistan region to Turkey directly via a new pipeline .

The agreement raised the anger of officials in Baghdad, who assert that the federal government has the only right in the management of energy resources, and it rejects any attempt to export oil in isolation from it .

Over the months Baghdad and Erbil conducted talks as Turkey tried to mediate between the two sides to find a way out of the crisis, which has worsened recently after Baghdad cut funds of Kurdistan and delayed sending the salaries of employees in the last two months .

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