Q&A: Oil Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi – Part 2
Iraq's oil minister discusses budget negotiations and the dispute with the KRG over oil fields, exports and revenues.
Adil Abd al-Mahdi (L) meets with Nechirvan Barzani on Nov. 13, 2014. (STRINGER/Reuters)
VIENNA - As the price of oil has dropped and violence in Iraq has worsened, the stakes have risen in the long-standing oil disputes between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
Both governments are suffering from acute financial crises and need money to pay salaries, provide services, and fund the war against the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group.
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