Friday, March 29, 2024

Baghdad

Call to freeze Kuwiti gas contract – MP

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: White Iraqiya bloc MP Alia Nsaif called on the government to freeze Seeba Gas Field, which was initially signed with a Kuwaiti investment company, in an attempt to pressure Kuwait into discontinuing the implementation of the Mobarak terminal. In a media statement made by the bloc today, as was received by IraqiNews.com, MP Nsaif added that the “response is to freeze oil contracts, particularly Seeba gas field, of which the contract is scheduled to expire in 2031. “Kuwait is interested in the revenues of the gas field, making the best way to press Kuwait freezing the contract,” she added. The Iraqi government signed the contract for the Seeba gas field with Kuwait Energy, which was established in 2005. She pointed out that boycotting Kuwaiti commodities should be attached to governmental directives to freeze these contracts. Kuwait announced last April the building of Mobarak terminal one year after Iraq‘s announcement of intentions to build the Greater Fao Port. Iraq rejected the project and demanded Kuwait abandon the scheme, but the latter refused these demands as “baseless.” RM (TI)/SR Number of Reads:142

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