Iraq's long-standing oil dispute with Kurdistan has flared up again after Baghdad rebuked Erbil over crude exports to neighbouring Turkey.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said this week it had sent a limited amount of crude across the border to Turkey in exchange for refined products, a move that met with a stern response from Baghdad.
"This is an illegal and unconstitutional business that we will take the right decision against," said Faisal Abdullah, a spokesman for Hussein Al Shahristani, Iraq's deputy prime minister for energy. "The [Iraqi government's] oil ministry solely reserves the right to export crude oil, gas or oil products to other countries."
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