The U.N. special envoy to Iraqi said Tuesday an agreement between the Kurdish and federal government is a turning point for the country’s oil sector. The Iraqi federal government confirmed a deal with the semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government ends a long impasse over oil exports . “I look forward for the implementation of the agreement as swiftly as possible, including oil exports from the Kurdish region and Kirkuk, as well as the disbursement of the KRG budget from the Iraqi general budget,” envoy Nickolay Mladenov said in a statement. Word of a breakthrough surfaced last month when both sides agreed to an interim solution to an oil row brewing at least since the implementation of an Iraqi constitution in 2006. That […]