Parliament intervenes in the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil regarding oil exports via Ceyhan.
The Iraqi Parliament announced on Sunday (March 15, 2026) that it has entered the ongoing crisis between the federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government regarding oil exports through the Turkish port of Ceyhan.
The media office of the House of Representatives stated in a statement received by "Baghdad Today" that "the House of Representatives decides to host the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil, the Minister of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Region, the Undersecretary of the Minister of Oil for Extraction Affairs, the Undersecretary of the Minister of Oil for Distribution Affairs, and the Director General of the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company SOMO."
She added that "the hosting will begin on Tuesday at 9 pm," noting that "the session concerns the mechanism for exporting oil via the oil pipeline to the Turkish ports of Ceyhan." link