Iraq holds Kurdish gov’t legally responsible for continued oil smuggling – Middle East Monitor

Iraq’s Oil Ministry said today it holds the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) legally responsible for the continued smuggling of oil from the Kurdish region outside the country, Reuters reports.

The ministry reserves the right to take all legal measures in the matter, it added.

Control over oil and gas has long been a source of tension between Baghdad and Erbil.

Iraq is under pressure from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut…