Iraq oil deal ends row

OIL payments from Baghdad to Iraq's Kurdish region were to be transferred yesterday, Kurdish Energy Minister Ashti Hawrami said.

Baghdad and Kurdistan agreed earlier this month to draw a line under a dispute over oil payments after the latter pledged to continue exports and Baghdad said it would pay foreign companies working there.

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