2023-11-23T13:12:49+00:00
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A number of economic experts criticized the visits made by Turkish officials to Baghdad because they were dealing with Iraq as if it were under turkish tutelage, while at the same time reducing the importance of these visits.
In an interview with Agency, economic expert Hamza al-Jawahiri said, “turkish officials, in their previous visits to Iraq, were dealing as if they were guardians of Iraq.”
He stated, “The turks impose conditions for purchasing Iraqi oil at prices lower than the world price, and they demand the cancellation of the fine imposed by the Paris court. These matters were repeated again by the Turkish ambassador, and all of them are fundamentally unacceptable and violate national sovereignty.”
He stressed that “the Turkish Minister of Energy’s recent visit to Iraq had a political content, even though it also included economic files.”
For his part, economic expert durgham Muhammad Ali pointed out, in an interview with Agency, that “there are many outstanding issues between Iraq and Turkey, including water and oil, in addition to the compensation file in the ruling of the International Trade Court. These are arduous files and the ceiling of requests from the Turkish side is high.” .
He explained, ”iraq does not currently need oil exports through the Turkish pipeline, because the entire quantity agreed upon within the (OPEC+) agreement is exported through the ports of Basra at a higher value and without traffic fees.”
He pointed out that “any agreement that will occur will not be within the ceiling of Turkish demands, and its economic benefit will be greater for Turkey. There are two pressing issues, which are water and the road to growth, from which the iraqi side must obtain the highest ceiling of gains.”
Yesterday,Wednesday,the Turkish Minister of Energy visited the Iraqi capital,Baghdad,and discussed with the Iraqi Oil Minister,Hayan Abdul-Ghani,bilateral relations in the oil and energy sector.