Iraq PM Asks Obama To Stop Exxon-Kurdistan Oil Deal
From Gulf Times
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has asked US President Barack Obama to intervene to stop ExxonMobil from proceeding with a deal with the Kurdistan region that he warned would have dire consequences for Iraq’s stability, an aide said.
The US oil major angered Baghdad last year by signing an exploration deal with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the north, which the central government deemed illegal.
