PM Barzani reiterates support for Kirkuk’s Kurdish farmers

“Theseare not disputed areas...These are all Kurdistan regions that have been forcibly taken away from our people and one day our people will return to their areas but with pride,” said Barzani

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Iraq signs contract with BP to develop four Kirkuk oil fields

The four oilfields under the contract include the Baba and Avanah domes and three adjacent fields - Bai Hassan, Jambur, and Khabbaz.

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Iraq, BP sign agreement to rehabilitate four fields in Kirkuk

The agreement is to develop the four main Kirkuk fields, "ensuring investment in associated gas as well as rehabilitating and expanding gas facilities in the North Gas Company and establishing a power station with a capacity of 400 megawatts..."

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Kirkuk’s agricultural property issue to be resolved as per law: governor

Kirkuk's agricultural land issue will be solved as per the law and farmers will no longer face what happened on Monday, Kirkuk's governor told reporters.

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Iraqi PM orders committee to probe attack on Kirkuk farmers

Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Tuesday ordered the formation of a committee to probe Monday's attack on Kirkuk farmers by Iraqi forces.

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President Barzani says attacks on Kurdish farmers in Kirkuk ‘chauvinistic’ act

Kirkuk Governor Rebwar Taha said that the soldiers who attacked the farmers have now been arrested, and an investigative committee has been formed over the incident

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Preventing Kirkuk farmers from cultivating land contradicts Iraqi constitution: KRG PMO

The escalation comes despite the recent passage of a law to return real estate properties confiscated under the previous Ba’ath regime to original owners Kurdish and Turkmen owners

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PM Barzani says Baghdad-BP deal to redevelop Kirkuk oilfields ‘unconstitutional’

"The area that Baghdad is talking to BP about is a disputed territory. According to the constitution, disputed territories are not a region which can be unilaterally decided by either Erbil or Baghdad,” PM Barzani said.

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KRG says Baghdad-BP agreement on Kirkuk oil fields ‘constitutional violation’

“The Kurdistan Region had to be a party to the agreement between Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani and British BP. This is a constitutional violation against the Kurdistan Region,” Peshawa Hawramani, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) told reporters on Thursday. 

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