ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Erbil and Baghdad have reached an agreement to export Iraqi oil through the Kurdistan Region to Turkey’s Ceyhan port, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani confirmed on Tuesday.

“Given the extraordinary circumstances facing the country, and the responsibility we all share to get through this difficult chapter, we have decided to allow oil to flow through the Kurdistan Region’s pipeline as soon as possible,” Barzani said on X.

The breakthrough comes following negotiations between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi federal government as the vital Strait of Hormuz remains constrained.

Barzani confirmed that discussions with Baghdad “will continue with urgency” to lift an embargo on Kurdish traders and “secure guarantees for oil and gas companies so they can safely resume production.”

The Kurdish premier further thanked the United States “for their role and support in this process.”

Earlier on Tuesday, a Kurdish lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) also said that Erbil and Baghdad had reached a deal to export Iraqi oil.

“Erbil and Baghdad have agreed and tomorrow oil exports from Iraq through Kurdistan’s pipelines will be exported to the Ceyhan port,” Sherwan Dubardani, a Kurdish lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament, told The New Region.

On Tuesday, Barzani confirmed that Erbil was in favor of exporting Baghdad’s oil through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline but that it required guarantees beforehand.

“The Kurdistan Region has only requested guarantees that we could, from our fields, produce oil,” Barzani said in a presser

Iraq’s oil ministry on Sunday accused the Kurdistan Region of refusing "to resume exports at this time,” demanding that Erbil resume exports "immediately".

Hours later, the Region’s Ministry of Natural Resources responded to Baghdad’s statements, blaming the Iraqi government for overlooking an ongoing economic embargo on the Region and failure to put an end to state-linked pro-Iran factions’ attacks on infrastructure.