Iraq: Maliki and the KRG oil contractsnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to have in fact agreed to approve the production-sharing oil contracts that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has so far signed with the foreign oil companies. The following 422-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells under what conditions Al-Maliki agreed to approve the contracts in question. It also tells what about the obstacles that might be still standing on the way.